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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 ...
Deified ancient Roman men (2 C, 7 P) H. Helper gods of Ceres (12 P) ... Pages in category "Roman gods" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total.
Deified ancient Roman people (3 C) Dii Consentes ... Personifications in Roman mythology (5 C, 53 P) R. Roman temples by deity (11 C, 52 ... List of Roman ...
This glossary provides explanations of concepts as they were expressed in Latin pertaining to religious practices and beliefs, with links to articles on major topics such as priesthoods, forms of divination, and rituals. For theonyms, or the names and epithets of gods, see List of Roman deities. For public religious holidays, see Roman festivals.
Personal name or forename chosen by the parents of a Roman child. Procoe Terracotta flask or beaker. [2] Protome Adornment that takes the form of the head and upper torso of either a human or an animal. Pudicitia Modesty, chastity, or sexual virtue, a central concept in ancient Roman sexual ethics. Punteggiato regolare
The spread of Greek literature, mythology and philosophy offered Roman poets and antiquarians a model for the interpretation of Rome's festivals and rituals, and the embellishment of its mythology. Ennius translated the work of Graeco-Sicilian Euhemerus , who explained the genesis of the gods as deified mortals.
Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans, and is a form of Roman folklore. "Roman mythology" may also refer to the modern study of these representations, and to the subject matter as represented in the literature and art of other cultures in any period.
Roman mythology is a mixture of general Greek and local myths about Rome and Roman gods and other Italian gods which are independent of Greek beliefs and tales. Gods and some heroes in Roman mythology often appear in Greek mythology with different names, sometimes a name of a Roman/Italian deity that largely corresponded to a particular Greek ...