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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 ...
The gods who encourage speech, however, are male. [83] The ability to speak well was a defining characteristic of the elite citizen. Although women were admired for speaking persuasively, [84] oratory was regarded as a masculine pursuit essential to public life. [85] Head of a child from the Antonine era Roman boy wrapped in his cloak (1st ...
Valeria, the name of the women of the Valeria gens. Valeria, first priestess of Fortuna Muliebris in 488 BC [1]; Aemilia Tertia (с. 230 – 163 or 162 BC), wife of Scipio Africanus and mother of Cornelia (see below), noted for the unusual freedom given her by her husband, her enjoyment of luxuries, and her influence as role model for elite Roman women after the Second Punic War.
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 ...
Deified ancient Roman people (3 C) Dii Consentes ... Personifications in Roman mythology (5 C, 53 P) R. Roman temples by deity (11 C ... List of Roman birth and ...
Goddesses associated with Ancient Rome. ... Greek gods, and Roman gods. For a list of Goddesses with brief descriptions, ... Deified ancient Roman women (1 C, 8 P)
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
32 Melanesian and New Guinean mythology. ... 41 Roman mythology. 42 Slavic mythology. ... (Changing Woman, Turquoise Woman); Yoołgai Asdzą́ą́ ...