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To edit the "Topics in Roman Mythology" table, see Template:Roman myth. That table can also be added to related pages if you want by inserting {{Roman myth}} Bacchiad 22:51, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)

, partially directed on town's personality.

No one said gods can't also be allegories. Besides, Augustus was a full-out god after his death, not just a sort of demi-god. Bacchiad 07:05, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Africus for COTW

I've nominated Africus for COTW. I did this because I felt that the Roman god who is directly responsible for the name of one of our present-time continents deserves more than two lines for his article. If you would like to support, please go to its COTW page and write your name down on the support list. -- SoothingR(pour) 15:53, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of Major Gods

I changed the listof major gods. It is now a gallery, the reason for this is that in my opinion it is better with pictures. However, I am short of some pictures. The previous list looked like this:

God/Goddess God/Goddess of
Apollo God of the sun, dancing, festivities, archery and music
Bacchus God of wine
Ceres Goddess of the earth
Cupid God of love
Diana Goddess of the moon and hunting
Fortuna Goddess of luck
Janus God of doors
Juno Queen of the gods
Jupiter King of the gods
Maia Goddess of growth
Mars God of war (originally agriculture)
Mercury Messenger of the gods
Minerva Goddess of wisdom
Neptune God of the sea
Pluto King of the underworld
Proserpine Queen of the underworld
Quirinus God of defense & the state
Saturn God of agriculture
Uranus God of the heavens
Venus Goddess of love
Vesta Goddess of hearth
Vulcan God of smithing

If you prefer the old one, above, to thge current please tell me and I'd be happy to change it back. Sotakeit 20:29, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

I actually much prefer the list above without the pictures. Here is why I feel quite strongly about it: it seems to me that we are confusing the concept of "Roman god" with its depictions in art. A Roman god, whatever it is (or not), is different from the art used to represent it. Moreover, it seems particularly little enlightening (we see basically a bunch of statues...).62.203.8.195 12:42, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Named this major gods the Romans not also Twelve Olympians or not? Does that know possibly someone (with certainty)?? --Olliminatore 01:59, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Parenthetical Problems

Why do two of the Roman deity use "(god)" or "(goddess)" randomly, while most of them, and all the Greek deity articles, use "(mythology)"? The latter seems preferable, since it avoids needless specificity in disambiguation and can apply accurately to a wider number of articles without possible accusations of POV for stating whether or not a specific being qualifies as a "god". What's up with this:


I'd fix them myself, but unlike most of the deity pages where a move from (god)/(goddess) to (mythology) was implemented, for some bizarre reason this one already has "Jupiter (mythology)" and "Pluto (mythology)" as redirects to those two pages. Ick. -Silence 04:06, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Why are they not tagged "_(religion)"? It is only from an "outside" POV that they are myths. It is certainly not true that Papa Roman sat his kids down and said "It is time you learned our mythology, those things we believe in order to understand our world". I could also support using no tags at all, (as in the case, for example, of Amaterasu), and glossing the untagged entry on disambiguation pages, as, for example, is the practice here with Jesus. In short, adding (mythology) to Jupiter et al. but not to Jesus or Amaterasu seems rather POV to me. Whogue 07:32, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Mythology is not meant as a POV slight. Remember that mythology does not necessarily mean that something is considered false, but it is not exactly the same as religion, either. In short, mythology is more about the stories while religion is about beliefs and rituals. Check the pages on wikipedia pages mythology and religion for more info. AliaGemma 05:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Someone changed the page to "write some damn mythology". I changed it back to the previous version.

You don't need to make a comment about it ;) ---As said on this site, <i>The wii version will Have wii compatibility</i> (talk) 19:27, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mythology and Religion

It seems to me that a good deal of this article ("Native Roman and Italic gods", "Foreign gods", "Major Roman deities") properly belongs in Religion in ancient Rome. Whogue 08:46, 9 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] when it died

I really wanted to know when the religion completely died out because there must have been some small out of the way places that kept their beliefs.

[edit] Huh?

The beginning of this article sounds sort of like the content on this website http://www.crystalinks.com/romemythology.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.29.117.134 (talk) 23:36, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes it does, but it's probably copied from Wikipedia and not the other way around (the end of the text says: References: Wikipedia). Pax:Vobiscum 02:20, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Early mythology about Roman history

The last two paragraphs of the "Early mythology about Roman history" section contain numerous spelling errors (such as "Odisius", "whorlpool", etc.), some wording that needs to be rearranged for clarity, as well as the abbreviation "w/" instead of "with" several times. I tried to correct them and to clean it up some, but cannot find how to edit that section anywhere on the page, either by editing the entire page or by editing that section. 32.97.110.142 (talk) 20:58, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

The last two paragraphs should not be in the article. They are obvious vandalism. I haven't quite figured out the ropes around here, can I just remove the offensive passages? —Preceding unsigned comment added by PeterCalamy (talk • contribs) 03:57, 30 March 2008 (UTC) u r gay now sut up and dei —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.175.223.10 (talk) 18:29, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

13 year old kids... I'm 13, you don't have to act immature. homophobe. Take out the last two.