Excavation of a Roman-era cemetery in France yielded nearly two dozen lead tablets inscribed in Latin and Gaulish.

The bronze figurine of the Roman war god Mars found at the temple. Emmanuelle Collado, INRAP. Equally striking is their long-term stability. It seems that once established (either in the early ...

The discovery in 2022 of a bronze figurine of the Roman war god Mars indicates he was one of the deities worshipped at the sanctuary. (Image credit: Emmanuelle Collado, INRAP) ...

Pierre-Yves Lambert of the French National Center for Scientific Research suggests that this tablet was dedicated to Mars Rigisamu, Gaulish for “Mars the Royal,” the Roman god of war.

In the same way, the Persian god Mithras was popular with the Roman legions – many of whose soldiers had served in Persia – and shrines to him have been found in Britain, Syria, and across ...

Who is Deimos in Greek mythology? Deimos and its fellow Martian moon Phobos are named after the mythological sons of Ares, the ancient Greek counterpart to Mars, the Roman god of war).Phobos means ...

In April, archaeologists excavating at La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz, in Britanny, France, announced that they had discovered a large Roman temple, dating between the late first century BC and fourth ...

Romans also had a set of public gods, such as Jupiter and Mars. ... Unlike most religions today, the Roman gods did not demand strong moral behavior. Roman religion involved cult worship.