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Yes I am redrawing all of my roman gods! And I decided to split them up to give the individually a bit more room to shine. A lot of people have the believe that roman gods are simply greek gods with different names, however this is not true. While heaviliy influenced by greek mythology (not directly, rather via the etruscians) the roman gods where distinct entities, sometimes with different denotations than ther supposed greek counterparts. I tried to reflect this by giving them a distinct roman style.



So here is my first trio.







Quirinus:



The old Sabine god of war and the deified version of Romulus. He was very important in the early days of roman history and on of the hills of Rome (Quirinal) bears his name. He was worshipt mainly together with Mars and Jupiter as the "Archaic Triad". Later Mars started to replace him more and more until he vanished completely. He is often depicted as an older bearded man wearing religious clothing and a wreath of myrtle.





Mars:

The god of war and in some regard of roman self-identification. As father to Romulus and Remus he was a central figure of roman religion so much so that the first month of the year (March) was named for him. He was later equated with Ares, however should not really be seen as synonymous since Mars meant a lot more to the Romans than Ares to the Greeks. He is always depicted wearing armour and or carrying weapons.







Minerva:

Originally an etruscan goddess by the name of Menrva she was heavily influenced by the greek Athena. However in Rome her role as the goddess of arts and crafts was much more prominent that her role as goddess of war and wisdom. She was seen as the protector of teachers, poets and craftsman and her main festival the Quinquatrus was celebrated especially by these professions. Together with Jupiter and Juno she became part of the capitolonian Triad and therefore a central goddess of the city of rome.







Part II will feature Juno, Jupiter and the Dea Roma.

