With every aspect of Roman life having a specific deity to call upon, it can be tricky to make sense of the ancient pantheon ...

Roman religion had many gods and spirits ... He re-established traditional social rules and religious rituals, sacrificing animals to Rome’s gods. In 12 AD he made himself Pontifex Maximus ...

Would a Roman Goddess come to Earth and drink wine ... Travelling at night, through the country side and needing protecting from wild animals? Pray to Diana, the goddess of all three.

Roman religion involved cult worship. Approval from the gods did not depend on a person ... or would carry out a ritual sacrifice of an animal before eating it. The Romans believed that their ...