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The Roman deities most widely known today are those the Romans identified with Greek counterparts, integrating Greek myths, iconography, and sometimes religious practices into Roman culture, including Latin literature, Roman art, and religious life as it was experienced throughout the Roman Empire. Many of the Romans' own gods remain obscure ...
Ancile, the shield of the Roman god Mars. One divine shield fell from heaven during the reign of Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome. He ordered eleven copies made to confuse would-be thieves. (Roman mythology) Shield of Achilles, the shield that Achilles uses in his fight with Hector. (Greek mythology)
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The 19th-century scholar Georg Wissowa [18] thought that the Romans distinguished two classes of gods, the di indigetes and the di novensides or novensiles: the indigetes were the original gods of the Roman state, their names and nature indicated by the titles of the earliest priests and by the fixed festivals of the calendar, with 30 such gods ...
This an alphabetical list of ancient Romans, ... Note that some people may be listed multiple times, once for each part of the name. A. Abronius Silo - latin poet [1]
List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere; List of fictional deities; List of goddesses; List of people who have been considered deities; see also apotheosis, Imperial cult and Sacred king; Names of God, names of deities of monotheistic religions
Personifications in Roman mythology (5 C, 53 P) R. Roman temples by deity (11 C, 52 P) T. Greco-Roman Trickster deities (2 C) ... List of Roman agricultural deities;
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 March 2025. This is a list of notable offspring of a deity with a mortal, in mythology and modern fiction. Such entities are sometimes referred to as demigods, although the term "demigod" can also refer to a minor deity, or great mortal hero with god-like valour and skills, who sometimes attains divine ...