Le mythologia roman pote considerar se formate de partes. Le prime, principalmente tardive e litterari, consiste in prestos nove del mythologia grec. Le altere, antique e cultic, functionava in formas multe differente al del cultura grec.
Factos in breve
Religion roman antique |
Marcus Aurelius (head covered) sacrificing at the Temple of Jupiter |
Practices and beliefs
Imperial cult · festivals · ludi
mystery religions · funerals
temples · auspice · sacrifice
votum · libation · lectisternium |
Priesthoods
College of Pontiffs · Augur
Vestal Virgins · Flamen · Fetial
Epulones · Arval Brethren
Quindecimviri sacris faciundis
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Dii Consentes
Jupiter · Juno · Neptuno · Minerva
Marte · Venus · Apollo · Diana
Vulcano · Vesta · Mercury · Ceres |
Other deities
Janus · Quirinus · Saturn ·
Hercules · Faunus · Priapus
Liber · Bona Dea · Ops
Chthonic deities: Proserpina ·
Dis Pater · Orcus · Di Manes
Domestic and local deities:
Lares · Di Penates · Genius
Hellenistic deities:
Sol Invictus · Magna Mater · Isis · Mithras
Deified emperors:
Divus Julius · Divus Augustus
See also List of Roman deities |
Related topics
Roman mythology
Glossary of ancient Roman religion
Religion in ancient Greece
Etruscan religion
Gallo-Roman religion
Decline of Hellenistic polytheism
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