the links between Roman and Greek gods gradually came together to form one divine family that ruled over other gods, as well as mortals. The big three The three most important gods were Jupiter ...

Jupiter – the gas giant, largest planet in our solar system, named for the Roman god of the sky who with his fearsome thunderbolt lorded over the entire universe – is about to be a little ...

And they always feared the ‘evil eye!’ Statue of the Roman god, Jupiter, from Izmir in present day Turkey. The Romans had many gods and goddesses – they almost had one for every occasion.

Nasa's probe Juno is going to reach Jupiter today, and that's awesome because we know so little about our solar-system giant. Here's what we do know: Named for the king of the Roman gods ...

The planet named after the king of the gods in Roman mythology is visible all night long right now, rising in the east at sunset and setting in the west at sunrise. Jupiter is also as close as it ...

such as Jupiter and Mars. State worship was much more formal: colleges of priests paid tribute to these gods on behalf of Rome itself. The objective of Roman worship was to gain the blessing of ...

Researchers have unearthed a majestic offering to the 'God of War' in Georgia. Archaeologists excavated a 'unique' gold plate along with other findings in a 1,800-year-old Roman fortress, Live ...

Unlike its celestial neighbors—Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—all of which were named after Greek or Roman gods, Earth derives its name from more humble linguistic ...

Did you wake up a little bleary-eyed this morning? Take heart, fellow and sister revelers. Your Christmas and New Year’s ...

The Romans brought with them their pantheon of gods including Jupiter, Mars and Mercury ... on worshipping their own gods alongside the Roman ones. Belief systems were ingrained in the local ...