Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding of Rome. All were consulted and honored to make sure that the actions of the state met with divine approval. Roman religion was split in ...

Some of these Greek gods shared Roman names and acquired some Roman ... to a long-haired and somewhat effeminate adolescent with exotic attributes, throughout most of his history his essential ...

The figuring head is of the Roman god Mercury, a messenger god thought to be the equivalent of the Greek god Hermes. A Roman head of the God Mercury has been found at Smallhythe in Kent (photo ...

Gladiators didn't just fight each other; they also hunted exotic beasts that were shipped ... Dressed as the Roman god, Mercury, Commodus (who ruled from A.D. 176 to 192) battled gladiators ...