lunes, 3 de febrero de 2014

What kind of gods did Romans worship?


At first, Romans believed in many different gods and goddesses. These gods were like people, but with magical powers. The Roman gods were part of a family. People told stories or myths about them. Each god or goddess looked after different people or things.
These are a few of the old Roman gods:
Saturn: once king of the gods, his place was taken by his son Jupiter
Jupiter: god of the sky, he was the most important god.
Juno: Jupiter's wife, she looked after women.
Neptune: Jupiter's brother, he was the god of the sea.
Minerva: goddess of wisdom.
Mars: god of war, though originally god of farming.
Venus: goddess of love, she was the lover of Mars.

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