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Mars is named after the Roman God for War. Orignally, the god was a Greek god named Ares. When Rome conquered the Greeks, they took their religions too. So they renamed their Gods/godesses. So Mars is the "roman" God of War.

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the roman war god who was also called mars.

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Mars is named after the Roman god of war.

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