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ANCIENT ROMAN GODS & GODDESSES At the founding of Rome, the gods were 'numina', divine manifestations, faceless, formless, but no less powerful. The idea of gods as anthropomorphized beings came later, with the influence from Etruscans and Greeks, which had human form. Some of the Roman Gods are at least as old as the founding of Rome. The concept of numen continued to exist and it was related ...

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook | Ancient History Sourcebook: Roman Religiones Licitae and Illicitae, c. 204 BCE - 112 CE This is a collection of texts arranged here to show how the Romans didn't just persecute Christianity, but were picky as to what religions they allowed and which they did not. Magna Mater Livy; History of Rome, c. 10 CE Prudentius: The Taurobolion of Magna Mater Dionysius ...