Category:Roman Deities

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The Temple of Portunus in Rome; Portunus was the ancient Roman god of keys, doors, livestock, and ports, and was also known as Fortuna Virilis, a deity of male luck; this temple was built in the late Republican era originally built in the 3rd or 4th century BCE and rebuilt between 120–80 BCE

The deities of the Roman pantheon derive in part from the older Etruscan gods and goddesses endemic to the region, while the stories of their lives, as well as the depictions of their iconographic attributes during the era of the Roman Empire were supplemented by comparison to, and reflection of, the more ancient pantheon of Greece. For this reason, it is a commponplace idea to describe Roman deities in terms of earlier Greek deities, for instance referring to Minerva as "Roman Athena" and Bacchus as "Roman Dionysus".

The veneration of Roman deities was once believed to have ended with the coming of Christianity to southern Europe. However, along with Greek gods and Egyptian gods, they have been partially retained and also deliberately revived as a Neo-Pagan tradition.

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Popular Roman Deities

Apollo

Apollo is a Greek god of healing, prophecy, and music adopted by the Romans (Read More ...)

Bacchus

Bacchus is the god of wine, grapes, and revelry...

Ceres

Ceres is goddess of grain, agriculture, harvest, and the seasons...

Diana

Diana is goddess of hunting, wilderness, and the moon...

Flora

Flora also known as Flora Rustica (Flora of the Countryside), Flora Mater (Flora the Mother), and Fluusa or Flusia (Goddess of Flowers) is the Roman goddess of flowers and Spring time. (Read More ...)

Genius

The Genius is an individual deity of a person, or place...

Janus

Janus is the two-headed god of doorways, thresholds, and transitions...

Juno

Juno is the queen of the gods, goddess of marriage and childbirth...

Jupiter

Jupiter is god of lightning, storms, and father of the gods...

Lares

Lares are guardian deities of homes, fields, and crossroads...

Luna

Luna is the goddess of the moon...

Mars

Mars is the god of war, courage, and divine ancestor of the Roman people...

Mercury

Mercury is god of trade, travel, crossroads, and messengers...

Minerva

Minerva is the Roman goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, and crafts (Read More...)

Neptune

Neptune is the god of oceans, earthquakes, and horses...

Pluto

Pluto is god of the underworld, the dead, and wealth...

Saturn

Saturn is the god of harvest and agriculture...

Sol

Sol, also known by the titles Sol Invictus ("Unconquered Sun") and Sol Indiges ("Our Native Sun"), is the Roman god of the Sun, our local star. (Read More ...)

Venus

Venus is the goddess of love, beauty, and fertility...

Vestia

Vestia is goddess of hearth, home, and patron of the Vestal Virgins...

Vulcan

Vulcan is god of fire, volcanos, and blacksmiths...

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