the links between Roman and Greek gods gradually came together to form one divine family that ruled over other gods, as well as mortals. The big three The three most important gods were Jupiter ...

Jupiter is named for the Roman king of the gods. It will be a crown jewel in your skywatching adventures this month.

And they always feared the ‘evil eye!’ Statue of the Roman god, Jupiter, from Izmir in present day Turkey. The Romans had many gods and goddesses – they almost had one for every occasion.

In terms of nomenclature, Jupiter is the Roman equivalent of god daddy Zeus, and we can think of the planet as the deity himself: hair flowing, belly full, one defiant nipple free from a semi ...

such as Jupiter and Mars. State worship was much more formal: colleges of priests paid tribute to these gods on behalf of Rome itself. The objective of Roman worship was to gain the blessing of ...