To the ancient Romans, everything was imbued with a divine spirit (numen, plural: numina) which gave it life. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/34/roman-household-spirits-manes-panes-and-lares/ #History #Ghost #RomanMythology #RomanReligion

In Roman mythology, Venus was the goddess of love, sex, beauty, and fertility. https://www.worldhistory.org/venus/ #History #RomanMythology #Venus

Ceres is the goddess of agriculture and the harvest in Roman mythology. #History #RomanMythology #Demeter #Ceres #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Ceres/

Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, commerce, handicrafts, poetry, the arts in general, and later, war. https://www.worldhistory.org/Minerva/ #History #Athena #Minerva #RomanMythology

Among the many gods of the Romans, Jupiter, the son of Saturn, was the supreme god, associated with thunder, lightning, and storms. https://www.worldhistory.org/jupiter/ #History #Jupiter #RomanMythology #RomanReligion

Vulcan or Volcanus was the Roman god of fire and forge, the equivalent of Hephaestus from Greek mythology. #History #Vulcan #RomanMythology #Hephaistos #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Vulcan/

The sculpture group of Laocoön and His Sons, on display in the Vatican since its rediscovery in 1506 CE, depicts the suffering of the Trojan prince and priest Laocoön (brother of Anchises) and his young sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus and is one of the most famous and fascinating statues of antiquity. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1495/laocoon-the-suffering-of-a-trojan-priest--its-afte/ #History #RomanArt #RomanMythology #RomanSculpture

In Roman mythology, Romulus and his twin brother Remus were the founders of the city of Rome. https://www.worldhistory.org/Romulus_and_Remus/ #History #RomanMythology #RomulusandRemus

Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, commerce, handicrafts, poetry, the arts in general, and later, war. In many ways similar to the Greek goddess Athena, she had important temples in Rome and was patron of the Quinquatras festival.
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Saturn (Saturnus) was a Roman god with a similar history to Cronus from Greek mythology. Often depicted in art wielding a scythe he was considered an agricultural god, especially associated with seed-corn. The Saturnalia festival, named after him, was one of the most important and lively events in the Roman calendar and the god also had a major temple dedicated to him in the Roman Forum of Rome.
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In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas is a Trojan prince and the legendary founder of the Romans. He is the son of Anchises, a member of the Trojan royal family, and the goddess Aphrodite/Venus. Aeneas was one of the few Trojan heroes who escaped the siege of Troy. Afterwards, Aeneas embarked on a seven-year journey most famously recounted in the Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil (70-19 BCE). https://www.worldhistory.org/Aeneas/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Zapier&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia #history #Virgil #TrojanWar #RomanMythology