Roman religion

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ancient religion polytheistic religion state religion

Roman religion was the polytheistic belief system of ancient Rome, centered on a pantheon of gods, public rituals, and state-sponsored cults that permeated civic and private life.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Roman mythology 6
Roman paganism 2
Roman polytheism 1

Statements (82)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient religion ⓘ
polytheistic religion ⓘ
state religion ⓘ
associatedWith Roman family life ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
Roman politics ⓘ
Roman state ⓘ
calendarLinkedTo Roman calendar ⓘ
surface form: Roman festival calendar
centeredOn Roman pantheon ⓘ
declineCause rise of Christianity ⓘ
hasCharacteristic civic cults ⓘ
household cults ⓘ
polytheism ⓘ
ritualism ⓘ
state sponsorship ⓘ
hasConcept numen ⓘ
pax deorum ⓘ
sacra privata ⓘ
sacra publica ⓘ
hasCult cult of Jupiter Optimus Maximus ⓘ
Temple of Vesta ⓘ
surface form: cult of Vesta

imperial cult ⓘ
mystery cults ⓘ
hasDeity Apollo ⓘ
Dionysus ⓘ
surface form: Bacchus

Ceres ⓘ
Diana ⓘ
Heracles ⓘ
surface form: Hercules

Janus ⓘ
Juno ⓘ
Jupiter ⓘ
Mars ⓘ
Mercury ⓘ
Minerva ⓘ
Neptune ⓘ
Pluto ⓘ
Saturn ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
Vesta ⓘ
hasDeityClass Dii Consentes ⓘ
Genius ⓘ
Lares ⓘ
Penates ⓘ
hasFestival Consualia ⓘ
Lemuria ⓘ
Lupercalia ⓘ
Parentalia ⓘ
Robigalia ⓘ
Saturnalia ⓘ
Terminalia ⓘ
Vinalia ⓘ
hasRitualSpecialist augur ⓘ
flamen ⓘ
haruspex ⓘ
pontifex maximus ⓘ
hasSacredPlace Capitoline Hill ⓘ
Roman Forum ⓘ
household shrines ⓘ
temples ⓘ
includesInstitution College of Augurs ⓘ
Dii Consentes ⓘ
surface form: Flamines

Rex Sacrorum ⓘ
Vestal Virgins ⓘ
pontifical college ⓘ
includesPractice animal sacrifice ⓘ
augury ⓘ
haruspicy ⓘ
oaths ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
processions ⓘ
public sacrifice ⓘ
votive offerings ⓘ
influencedBy Etruscan religion ⓘ
Greek religion ⓘ
Italic religious traditions ⓘ
practicedIn Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Rome
regulatedBy Roman Senate ⓘ
Roman magistracy ⓘ
surface form: Roman magistrates
timePeriod Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Kingdom ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
usesLanguage Latin ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hyginus → associatedWith → Roman religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
Via Sacra → associatedWith → Roman religion ⓘ
Ephesus → associatedWithReligion → Roman religion ⓘ
Mars Being Disarmed by Venus → basedOn → Roman religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
ancient Italy → culturalInfluenceOn → Roman religion ⓘ
Hersilia → domain → Roman religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
Siscia → hadReligion → Roman religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman paganism
Greco-Roman mythology → hasPart → Roman religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
Western Roman Empire → hasReligion → Roman religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman paganism
Twelve Olympians → influence → Roman religion ⓘ
Aphrodite → influenced → Roman religion ⓘ
Hellenistic religion → influenced → Roman religion ⓘ
the Whore of Babylon → interpretedAs → Roman religion ⓘ
subject surface form: Whore of Babylon
this entity surface form: pagan Rome
Gaul → laterReligion → Roman religion ⓘ
Falisci → pantheonRelation → Roman religion ⓘ
Pillars of Hercules → partOf → Roman religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
Cyrene → religion → Roman religion ⓘ
Drusilla → religion → Roman religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman polytheism
Praetorian Guard → religion → Roman religion ⓘ
Sabines → religion → Roman religion ⓘ
Ostia → religionPracticed → Roman religion ⓘ
Romulus and Remus → religiousContext → Roman religion ⓘ
Forum Romanum → significantFor → Roman religion ⓘ
Hyginus → workSubject → Roman religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman mythology