Roman gods

An ancient Roman shrine, possibly of the Greek god Dionysus, was discovered recently buried beneath the graveyard of Leicester Cathedral in the United Kingdom. The find, along with thousands of others, was identified by archaeologists during preparatory excavations for the...

Modern sources often speak of Greco-Roman mythology. The reason for this expression is that both Greek and Roman mythology are intricately linked. In fact, the Romans, as is known, adopted their gods directly from the Greeks. At least, that...

The "sky father" is an archetypal god that appears in many ancient religions across the world, including within the ancient Greek and Roman pantheons as Zeus and Jupiter. The sky father was often the chief god of his respective...

Mirthraism was an ancient Roman religion whose popularity grew at the same time as Christianity. Known also as the Mithraic Mysteries or the Cult of Mithras, this religion was centered on the worship of the deity, Mithras. The Mithraic Mysteries...