Most scientists claim that Romans adopted their gods directly from the Greeks. The reality, however, is more complicated.

While the “frivolous East” may have been happy to venerate men as though they were gods, the serious men of the Roman ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ...

Aside from the spirits, worshipped privately at home, the Romans had a large number of public gods. Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding of Rome. All were consulted and ...

Our human history has witnessed hundreds and thousands of deities who have been worshipped by different societies across ...

Did the Romans believe in a god? What gods did Romans have? What did Roman soldiers believe in? Why did soldiers worship Mithras? Key words ANITA: The Romans in Scotland; gods and beliefs.

Romans also had a set of public gods, such as Jupiter and Mars. State worship was much more formal: colleges of priests paid tribute to these gods on behalf of Rome itself. The objective of Roman ...

When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.

The Book of Romans in the New Testament is a doctrinal treatise placed between the opening and closing sections of a typical ...