As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks ... three most important gods were Jupiter (protector of the state), Juno ...

A stunning fresco discovered in Pompeii depicts a sensual scene of the Roman god Jupiter and Leda, the Greek mythical queen ...

Statue of the Roman god, Jupiter, from Izmir in present day Turkey ... and goddesses are borrowed and adapted from the gods the ancient Greeks believed in. Rome succeeded the Greeks as the ...

Scholars suspect that ancient people revered ... Mainly dedicated to Jupiter (Zeus), the pillar also contains depictions of other Roman and Gaulish gods. One of these figures was “Cernunnos.” ...

Zeus: Even in the ancient Greek poems of Homer and Hesiod ... his identity had merged with the more serious Roman god Jupiter. And this new Zeus/Jupiter was to become the supremely just, powerful ...

A viral social media trend last year suggested the Roman Empire is frequently in ... Historians believe the original statue depicted the god Jupiter, before Constantine had it rededicated to ...