Although they kept Latin names and images, the links between Roman and Greek gods gradually came together to form one divine family that ruled over other gods, as well as mortals. The big three ...

One such example is Jupiter—one of the most celebrated and iconic Gods from the Roman era. Jupiter is known as the king of ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, named after the king of the ancient Roman gods. It has a diameter of about 139,822 kilometers (86,881 miles), which is more than 11 times the ...

Roman observers named Jupiter after the patron deity of the Roman state following Greek mythology, which associated it with the supreme god, Zeus. But when Galileo turned his telescope skyward in ...

Archaeologists think it’s an offering to Jupiter Dolichenus, a god revered by Roman soldiers. The fortress, known as Apsaros , lies along Georgia’s western coast in what is now the town of Gonio .