Roman Pantheon
The Romans worship the same major gods as Greece but under their own names
Roman Name | Greek Name |
Apollo | Apollo |
Venus | Aphrodite |
Mars | Ares |
Diana | Artemis |
Minerva | Athena |
Ceres | Demeter |
Bacchus | Dionysos |
Vulcan | Hephaistos |
Juno | Hera |
Mercury | Hermes |
Neptune | Poseidon |
Jupiter | Zeus |
They also have there own Gods
- Abundantia -Goddess of good fortune, abundance and prosperity.
- Bellona – War goddess.
- Bona Dea – the perpetually virginal goddess, associated with virginity and fertility in women invoked for healing and for freedom from slavery; many of her worshippers
were freed slaves and plebeians, and many were women seeking aid in sickness or for fertility. - Cardea
- Cloacina – goddess who presided over the Cloaca Maxima, the system of sewers in Rome.
- Consus – protector of grains and (subterranean) storage bins (silos), and as such was represented by a corn seed.
- Janus
- Juturna, Goddess of Fountains and Springs
- Laverna
- Luna (Selene)
- Mars – The Roman warrior god
- Pomona – Pomona was the goddess of plenty
- Silvanus – God of nature and the woods
- Vesta
Foreign Gods
The Italians have several Gods from other nations
- Cybele -Great mother goddess originally from The Amazons lands
- Isis
- Mithras -God of soldiers and armies, who was originally from Troy known to his followers as the “lord of light”
- Sol Invictus – Trojan god introduced to Romans by the emperor