Roman culture was derived mostly from the Greeks. The Romans had nearly the same religion as the Greeks. The Romans had the same gods except their names were changed and they had slightly different personalities. Also the Romans had some different myths about the gods. Furthermore, the Romans were less interested in telling a moral than they were entertaining. Finally the Romans were less involved with gods, and did not perform religious ceremonies as often.
The Romans took much of their art from Greek painters and sculptors. They used the Greek style of pottery. They also had very closely related sculptures of gods, but the Romans had more sculptures of famous leaders and historical figures.
Their writings and poems were even influenced by the Greeks. The Roman poet Virgil looked to Greek mythology when explaining the origin and destiny of Rome in his work, The Aeneid.
Rome Gods
Romans honored many gods that we used to name our planets like Jupiter (head master of all gods' and goddesses), Mars (god of war), and Mercury (god of the travelers).
Jupiter's real name was Zeus. Zeus loved to play games with the fellow beings that roamed on the planet. He had an eagle that flew to him messages and was scared of his own wife who is known as Juno (goddess of women and fertility). His brothers are Neptune (powerful god of the sea), and Pluto (god of death). His father was Saturn (god of time), he ruled the gods' before Jupiter his son did.
Mars was the most fearsome god except for Zeus.
Mercury was also known as god of thieves. Mercury wore a winged hat and sandals so he could fly. He brought a staph that also had wings and two snakes whirling around it too. His father was Jupiter and his mother was Maia (goddess of growth). He stole Apollo's (god of the sun) by playing a lyre which Apollo got mad, but in the end, Apollo got his cows back and Mercury got to keep the Lyre.
Jupiter's real name was Zeus. Zeus loved to play games with the fellow beings that roamed on the planet. He had an eagle that flew to him messages and was scared of his own wife who is known as Juno (goddess of women and fertility). His brothers are Neptune (powerful god of the sea), and Pluto (god of death). His father was Saturn (god of time), he ruled the gods' before Jupiter his son did.
Mars was the most fearsome god except for Zeus.
Mercury was also known as god of thieves. Mercury wore a winged hat and sandals so he could fly. He brought a staph that also had wings and two snakes whirling around it too. His father was Jupiter and his mother was Maia (goddess of growth). He stole Apollo's (god of the sun) by playing a lyre which Apollo got mad, but in the end, Apollo got his cows back and Mercury got to keep the Lyre.