Juno was the patron goddess of the Roman Empire yet she was not originally Roman. Many traditional Roman myths show the goddess as an antagonistic force. In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, during the ...

As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient ... of the state), Juno (protector of women) and Minerva (goddess of craft and ...

They had no legal rights in ancient Rome and they were considered ... A statue of a young woman depicted as the goddess Juno The Roman Empire was polytheistic - this means that people worshipped ...

The months of the year are named after Roman words - including 'June' from the goddess Juno, 'July' from Julius (Caesar) and 'August' from Augustus (Caesar). Ancient Rome has also influenced the ...