As the Roman republic was being transformed into a monarchy, Jupiter attracted thoughts about politics, power, sex, fatherhood, religion, poetry, and most every

First published in 2001. This is a vivid account of what their gods meant to the Romans from archaic times to late antiquity, and an exploration of the rites an

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While the ancient Roman pantheon in many ways resembles that of ancient Greece, there is much that sets apart Roman mythology. Romans also borrowed from the rel