Aside from the spirits, worshipped privately at home, the Romans had a large number of public gods. Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding of Rome. All were consulted and honored ...

Roman religion was divided into two. Spirits watched over people, families and households, and the paterfamilias was in charge of the household worship that honored them. Romans also had a set of ...

In this episode, Kings and Generals explores how Roman rulers were elevated to divine status through the Imperial Cult. Unlike other ancient empires, Rome had a distinctive way of blending political ...

One of the greatest challenges for Christians today is to move beyond simply acknowledging the growing religious diversity in our rapidly shrinking world to embrace religious pluralism, that is, to ...

When the Germanic-speaking peoples of western Europe adopted the seven-day week, which was probably in the early centuries of the Christian era, they named their days after those of their own gods who ...

An artist’s depiction of the temple at La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz as it would have looked in the first century AD. Marie Millet, INRAP In April, archaeologists excavating at La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz, ...

Archaeologists in the Netherlands have uncovered an ancient Roman curse tablet calling upon the gods to deliver a vengeful ...