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Roman Gods (Vesta (Goddess of the hearth, home & family, Hearth was a…
Roman Gods
Vesta
Goddess of the hearth, home & family
Hearth was a vital part of every Roman home since it gave warmth, light & allowed people to cook
Had an important temple in the Roman forum (sacred fire tended to by her priestesses, the Vestal Virgins), symbolised the hearth of the city
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Rarely depicted in human form, often personified by the fire of her temple
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Juno
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Symbols: with a new-born child, supervising a wedding, in regal dress, wearing a crown, peacock (sacred bird)
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Mercury
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Role developed to include responsibility for communications, trade & business
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Venus
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Romans believed she was the mother of the legendary Aeneas (brought Trojans to Italy after the Trojan war & one of his descendants was Romulus)
Symbols: a shell, in the company of her son (Cupid/Eros) & without many clothes
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Minerva
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Important for a variety of other skills, including medicine, arts & crafts
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Symbols: helmet, spear, special cape (aegis), owl (sacred bird)
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Apollo
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God of prophecy, the arts (music, literature, art, etc.), & archery
Like the Greeks, the Romans also worshipped him as god of the sun
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Symbols: bow & arrows, lyre & the sun
Diana
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Symbols: represented as a huntress, with bows, arrows & a hunting dog
Mars
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Symbols: with armour (shield, helmet, sword & breastplate)
Vulcan
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God of fire, metalworking & the forge
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Ceres
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Goddess of the harvest (particularly grain), motherly love & fertility
Particularly close to her daughter Prosperina/Persephone (abducted & taken down to Underworld by Pluto)
Symbols: sceptre, basket of flowers & fruit & garland made of wheat ears
Bacchus
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God of agriculture, wine & fertility
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Symbols: grape vines, ivy & pinecone-topped staff (thyrsus)
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