The votive plaque was found amid the ruins of an ancient Roman fortress. Researchers think a temple dedicated to the mysterious deity may have stood nearby ...
The big three The three most important gods were Jupiter (protector of the ... In the same way, the Persian god Mithras was popular with the Roman legions – many of whose soldiers had served ...
Much more recently, beginning in 1892, dozens of far smaller Jovian moons have been detected and have received the names of lovers (or other sexual partners) or daughters of the Roman god Jupiter or ...
Roman statuettes of deities are rare in Scotland ... Their presence was always a military one in Scotland so this little figure of the god Jupiter provides a vivid insight into the lives of ...
The chorus of this song makes the link between the many deities of Roman mythology and the planets in the night sky – Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Mercury, etc. Mercury’s ‘Mystery Tour’ takes ...