Dii Consentes

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The Dii Consentes (also Dii Complices) were the twelve major deities in the pantheon of Ancient Rome. They were listed by the poet Ennius about the 3rd Century, B.C.E. Their gilt statues stood in the Forum, later apparently in the Porticus Deorum Consentium. The number 12 was taken from the Etruscans, which also worshipped a main pantheon of 12 Gods. Nevertheless, the Dii Consentes were not identified with Etruscan deities but rather with the Greek Olympian Gods (though the original character of the Roman Gods was different from the Greek, having no myths traditionally associated). The most important Dii Consentes were Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, known as the Capitoline Triad, and Mars, the tutelary (patron) god of the city of Rome.

List of the Dii Consentes

• Apollo - god of light, healing, music, poetry, prophecy, archery and truth
• Ceres - goddess of fertility, agriculture, nature, and the seasons
• Diana - goddess of the hunt, the moon, virginity, and childbirth, twin sister of Apollo
• Juno - Queen of the Gods and of the heavens; goddess of women, marriage, and motherhood
• Jupiter - King of the Gods; god of the sky, thunder, and justice
• Mars - warrior god of honor, valor, and fertility; father of Romulus, the founder of Rome
• Mercury - messenger of the Gods; god of commerce, speed, thieves, and trade
• Minerva - goddess of wisdom, crafts, and strategic battle
• Neptune - god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses
• Venus - goddess of love, beauty, desire, and fertility
• Vesta - goddess of the hearth and the Roman state
• Vulcan - god of the forge, fire, and blacksmiths

Source

• Nova Roma - Dii Consentes

Photo gallery

Apollo	Ceres	Diana	Juno
Jupiter	Mars	Mercury	Minerva
Neptune	Venus	Vesta	Vulcan

See also

• Roman mythology
• Religion in Ancient Rome
• Dodekatheon, the twelve Greek "Olympian" gods