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[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Nah, not exactly. The Romans gave a decidedly "own" twist to their mythologies and religion. Many of their deities are parallels of the Greek ones, but, well, different. Mars, as a god of war, was decidedly less barbaric and more cunning than his Greek counterpart Ares. It also mattered what archetype they invoked; Mars Ultor was specifically "Mars the avenger", whom was invoked when on a campaign of revenge against for example the Parthians who had stolen several Eagle standards.

Others are uniquely Roman and don't even have a direct Greek counterpart. Janus, the two-faced god of doors and new beginnings, was such a god. He was supremely important in all Roman religious cults and was invoked first, even before Jupiter, since he was held to be the "door to all deities".

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Janus was originally Culsan, who they stole from the Etruscans. Looks like Rome treated gods like the English treated spices

[-] exu@feditown.com 3 points 1 year ago

Athena was goddess of warfare, presumably the less barbaric, kind to the Greeks. Minerva still has the strategic warfare thing, but her non-military side is more pronounced.

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