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    The document summarizes Roman gods and goddesses. There were twelve main gods called the Dii Consentes that included Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Vesta, Ceres, Diana, Venus, Mars, Mercurius, Neptunus, Volcanus, and Apollo. Key Roman gods included Jupiter as the ruler of the gods and god of the sky, thunder, and lightning and Mars as the god of war. Important Roman goddesses were Juno as the queen of the gods and protectress of Rome, Minerva as the goddess of wisdom and arts, and Diana as the goddess of the moon, nature, and hunting.

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    The document summarizes Roman gods and goddesses. There were twelve main gods called the Dii Consentes that included Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Vesta, Ceres, Diana, Venus, Mars, Mercurius, Neptunus, Volcanus, and Apollo. Key Roman gods included Jupiter as the ruler of the gods and god of the sky, thunder, and lightning and Mars as the god of war. Important Roman goddesses were Juno as the queen of the gods and protectress of Rome, Minerva as the goddess of wisdom and arts, and Diana as the goddess of the moon, nature, and hunting.

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    At the start of the Roman

    Empire, the gods were ‘numina,’


    RO M A N G O D S
    divine, faceless, formless, but no
    less powerful. Gods being
    &GODDESSES
    thought of as actual beings came
    later, coming from Greek and
    Etruscan gods, which were
    human. Everything in nature is
    thought to be inhabited by
    numina to the Ancient Romans. There are twenty one Roman
    There was a group of twelve gods gods. Something that is
    called the Dii Consentes, that different between Roman and
    was made up of the six gods and Greek mythology is that the
    six goddesses who were thought Roman’s mythology was not
    to be the most powerful. Those made up of narratives, but
    twelve gods were; Jupiter, Juno, instead it was made up of
    Minerva, Vesta, Ceres, Diana, complicated relations between
    Venus, Mars, Mercurius, the gods and the humans. Even
    Neptunus, Volcanus, and Apollo. though the idea of having many
    gods came from the Greeks By Heather Evans
    and the Etruscans, the Roman’s
    had their own interpretations
    of it.
    RO M A N G O D S & G O D D E S S E S

    Roman Goddesses

    Roman Gods ~Juno


    The queen of all the Gods and Goddesses, Jupiter’s
    wife and sister. She was the protectress of the Roman
    ~Apoll0 is the son of Jupiter and Leto. He is state. She was the guardian of the empire’s fiances and
    the God of music, healing, light, truth, and he was considered the patron Goddess of all of Rome. The
    harnesses his chariot with four horses every month of June was named after her. Her Greek parallel
    day to drive the sun across the sky. His bird is Hera.
    symbol is the crow, his animal symbol is the Juno Apollo
    dolphin. His Greek parallel is Apollo.

    ~Jupiter is the ruler of all Gods. He is the ~Minerva


    God of the sky, thunder, and lightning. He is Minerva is the Goddess of wisdom, learning, the arts,
    also considered the patron God of Rome. His sciences, medicine, dyeing, trade, and war. She is the
    temple was the official place of state business daughter of Jupiter. She is the protectress of commerce,
    and sacrifices. His attribute is the lightning industry, and education. Her Greek parallel is Athena.
    bolt, his symbol is the eagle. His Greek Minerva Jupiter
    parallel is Zeus.
    ~Diana
    ~Mars is the God of war, spring, growth in
    Diana is the Goddess of fertility, the Moon, childbirth,
    nature, agriculture, terror, anger, revenge, nature, mountains, animals, forests, women, and
    courage, and fertility. He is the protector of hunting. She is the huntress or destroyer, the Lunar
    cattle and is regarded as the father of Rome virgin, and the mother of all creatures. She usually
    since he is the father of Romulos; the appears as a huntress holding a bow and arrow, and a
    hunting dog in Roman art. She is praised for her
    legendary father of Rome. He is considered
    strength, athletic grace, beauty, and hunting skills. Her
    the second most important God, Jupiter Greek parallel is Artemis. Diana Mars
    being the first.

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