One of the fundamental beliefs of the Ancient Greeks was that their beloved gods were immortal, but were they? How did they ...

Over the centuries, the movement of large numbers of people meant that gods from a variety of cultures, including Etruscan and Greek, merged together. As a result, Roman gods were a blend of ...

The Roman Empire had two main populations: gods and humans. By its end, there was only one god left. How, and why, did he ...

Jupiter, for example, was very similar to the Greek god Zeus. Statue of the Roman god, Mars, at the Capitoline Museums, Rome. Romans took their beliefs very seriously and so most Roman forts would ...

These gods had made their home in the Roman world at an early time, along with Greek art and literature. Some of these Greek gods shared Roman names and acquired some Roman characteristics.

Some were even perfumed, in an attempt to transform them into the lifelike embodiments of gods, goddesses ... treated with ...

Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were not just experienced ... (Cult images refer to objects that are worshipped for representing gods.) Brøns is fond of a quote she attributes to the Roman ...