Tradition Institution Greek and Roman
ancient Roman religion
Religio Romana la
Form of Indo-European polytheism practised in the Roman civilization
- Also called Roman religion, Religio Romana, Roman polytheism
Overview
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Gods and divine figures
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MercuryRoman god of trade, merchants, thieves and travel -
CybeleAnatolian mother goddess -
Bona DeaRoman deity of chastity, fertility, and healing; brought from Magna Græcia during the early/middle Republic; her rites let women use strong wine and do blood-sacrifice (things otherwise forbidden to women); men were barred from her mysteries -
Anna Perennadeity of the circle of the year in Ancient Rome, legendary sister of queen Dido -
Aeternitaspersonification of eternity in Roman religion -
CloacinaRoman goddess or attribute of Venus, whose image was found in the Cloaca Maxima -
ClementiaRoman goddess of forgiveness and mercy - Aius LocutiusAncient Roman deity
- Falacerancient Italic god
- Rediculusancient Roman divinity
- ApotropaeiGreek deities averting evil, and divine epithet
- Necessitaspersonification of inevitability, compulsion and necessity in ancient Roman mythology
Not its own picture Clementia — Allegory of Graciousness (Clementia)., painting
Begin with a figure
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Cicero3 January 106 BCE – 7 December 43 BCE · Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC) -
Septimius Severus146 CE – 4 February 211 CE · Roman emperor from 193 to 211 -
Caracalla4 April 188 CE – 8 April 217 CE · Roman emperor from 198 to 217 -
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Vitellius24 September 15 CE – 22 December 69 CE · eighth Roman Emperor (69) -
Constantius Chlorus250 CE – 25 July 306 CE · Roman emperor (250-306) -
Geta7 March 189 CE – 26 December 211 CE · Roman emperor from 209 to 211 -
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Maximian240 CE – July 310 CE · Roman emperor -
Maxentius278 CE – 28 October 312 CE · Roman emperor (r. 306–312) -
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Numa Pompiliustraditionally 21 April 753 BCE – 671 BCE · legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus -
Constantine the Greatc. 27 February 272 CE – 22 May 337 CE · Roman emperor from 306 to 337 and first to convert to Christianity (272–337) -
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Saint Alban3rd century CE – c. 305 CE · British protomartyr
Texts and teachings
Places and sites
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Maison Carrée
Ancient Roman temple in Nîmes, southern France -
Temple of Augustus
Roman temple in Pula, Croatia
Festivals, holy days and practices
Holy days and festivals · 5, each with the day its record gives
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Rites and practices · 2, with no day on record
Connections
Affiliation 1
Documented influence 1
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