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Was Mars the God of War?

Updated: 8/18/2023
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13y ago

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Because that is who Mars was.

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The origins of the name Mars are lost in antiquiy.

To call the Roman god Mars simply "the God of War" is a simplification of his role rsulting from an unfamiliarity with ROman culure. Mars was a god of "war as a way of creating peacce", but he was also an agricultural deity and had strong ties to the creation of Rome as he was the father of Romulus and Remus.

The planet Mars is named such as it is red like blood, and blood is related to wars and bloodshed.

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Mars is the Roman name for Ares the Greek God of war

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Yes, Mars was the Roman god of war. His Greek equivalent was Ares.

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