He was called by the Greeks "Ares" well before the Romans called their Mars the same as Ares.
Ares is a god and the Greeks would have seen him as omnipotent, meaning he didn't have "special skills". What he had was a love of combat.
Ares was known as the "God of War" to the Greeks. This might count as a nickname. His name was often linked to the other gods when they were about war-like activities.. Early manes or Ares included "Enyalios" Ares might also be referred to as "son of Zeus and Hera"
I think you're getting your religions confused.The "One God" is the religion for Christians/Catholics, but Zeus/Ares were the belief long agoZeus and Ares are Greek gods, and Greeks do not believe in only one god.
if the god of war wasn't worshipped, there would be war around alot. all the gods were worshipped
He was called by the Greeks "Ares" well before the Romans called their Mars the same as Ares.
The Greeks and Romans differ in their view of Ares in that the Greeks viewed him solely as a violent God. He is known as the God of war but had many other attributes in Roman lore.
Greeks make up myth to show why stuff are like what they are
Aside from the Spartans, Ares was not widely worshiped in Greece. And while he was the God of War, most Achaean Greeks would have prayed to Athena in that regard. So Ares was much less important in Greece than in Rome.
Greeks make up myth to show why stuff are like what they are
Mars
usually in a temple or high ground
Mars.
Mars.
Ares is a god and the Greeks would have seen him as omnipotent, meaning he didn't have "special skills". What he had was a love of combat.
Most Greeks did not like his bloodthirst. But he was venerated in Sparta.
As he was the war god of the Greeks, yes in battle.