Romans named their gods after their natures: Cupid (Desire) and so on and so forth, from what we understand, however there are gods and goddesses from Roman myth whose names are of uncertain origin.
The Romans believed that volcanoes were the dwelling places of gods like Vulcan, the god of fire and metalworking. They often attributed volcanic eruptions to the anger or actions of these gods. They also saw volcanic activity as a sign of the power and unpredictability of the natural world.
Elements got their names from their latin names,greek gods,or from the names of the persons who discovered them.
Zeus was named Jupiter by the Romans as they identified him with their supreme deity. The Romans often adopted and adapted gods from other cultures into their own belief system, giving them new names while preserving some of their original characteristics.
The names of Ares' sons that are considered gods are Phobos and Deimos, who are the personifications of fear and terror in Greek mythology.
Technically, yes. In Greek mythology, Kronos was a titan. When the Romans adopted the Greek gods, they simply changed their names and gave them somewhat more warlike personalities. The Romans renamed Kronos Saturn. So Saturn is Kronos`s Roman name.
Greek or Romans ?
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No, the Greek gods and Roman gods are very similar, but they have different names and slightly different attributes. Many of the Roman gods were influenced by Greek mythology, with the Romans adopting and adapting the Greek gods to fit their own cultural beliefs.
Yes, there were literally hundreds of gods that the Romans had adopted into their culture from their conquests of other empires.
The Romans based their gods on the Greek gods and only changed the names.
Misconception here; the Romans did not adopt Greek gods and change their names. They already had their own gods and simply equated them to Greek gods later.
The Roman Empire came to include the whole Mediterranean area including Greece, and the Romans soon loved everything Greek, also their gods and the myths about them. The Romans just took the Greek Gods and the myths about them, Romanized their names and claimed them as their own.
the Romans had the same gods as the Greeks, just different names
The Greeks and the Romans. However, the Romans gave the gods new, Roman names. Zeus's Roman name was Jupiter.
Greek mythology came first. Then the Romans came. They admired the gods and goddesses of the Greeks and copied. The Roman gods and goddesses and more disciplined and war-like. Because Greek and Roman mythology things can't have the same name, Romans changed the names.
They believed in the same gods that the Greeks did, but they gave them different names. Example: Poseidon to Neptune. The gods were also perceived differently then they originally were, they were more military.
Romans copied the Greek gods but changed their names and attitudes when they invaded Greece. They made the gods more aggressive and named most of them after the planets.