THE ROMAN GODS

               Have you ever read about the Egyptian myths and Greek myths? Those are the more famous ones, but have you heard about the mighty roman empire and its myths? Read on and I’ll clue you in.

               There were two twins, Romulus and Remus. They were both powerful and decided to build a city. One day Remus came back from hunting and saw how much effort Romulus was putting into building the city,  he got jealous, so they got in a big fight which resulted in Romulus killing Remus. So Romulus built the city and named it Rome. This was the start of the Roman empire.

                The Romans had a lot of influential cultures around them, like the Greeks, Egyptians, and Norse (Vikings). They wanted to conquer Greece and Egypt so they attacked Greece led by Julius Caesar. They succeeded, so they attacked Egypt and once again succeeded. The Romans decided that they also wanted gods so they adopted the Greek gods under different names and personalities. This is the list of the gods.

               Roman form          what they are god of                Greek form

Jupiter	Lord of the sky	Zeus
Neptune	Lord of the seas	Poseidon
Pluto	Lord of death	Hades
Vulcan	Lord of fire and metalworking	Hephaestus
Juno	Goddess of marriage	Hera
Minerva	Goddess of wisdom	Athena
Mars	God of war	Ares
Venus	Goddess of love and beauty	Aphrodite
Ceres	Goddess of harvest	Demeter
Bacchus	God of wine	Dionysus
Apollo	God of music, archery, medicine, and the sun	Apollo
Diana	Goddess of the hunt and archery	Artemis

   

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Roman myths and legends by Anthony Masters

Favorite greek myths by Mary Pope Osborne