Jupiter, for example, was very similar to the Greek god Zeus. Statue of the Roman god, Mars, at the Capitoline Museums, Rome. Romans took their beliefs very seriously and so most Roman forts would ...

Over the centuries, the movement of large numbers of people meant that gods from a variety of cultures, including Etruscan and Greek ... Persian god Mithras was popular with the Roman legions ...

Several of these texts mentioned anointing statues of Greek and Roman deities—including one ... “For example, a cult statue of a god or goddess with such decoration placed in a temple, would ...