Roman religion

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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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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

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Cornelius fieldOfActivity Roman religion
Bacchus and Ariadne basedOn Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
gens Aemilia religion Roman religion
Symphony No. 41 in C major "Jupiter" associatedMythology Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
Greco-Roman paganism associatedWith Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
Greco-Roman paganism hasTerm Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman traditional religion
Savaria hadReligionInRomanPeriod Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman paganism
The Rest of Diana basedOn Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
Fabulae subject Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
Serapeum of Rome religion Roman religion
Portrait of Louise-Élisabeth of France as a Vestal Virgin depictsMythology Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
Mars Gradivus hasCulture Roman religion
this entity surface form: Ancient Roman religion
Mars Gradivus hasPantheon Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman pantheon
Jupiter Latiaris hasPantheon Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
Psyche culture Roman religion
this entity surface form: Ancient Roman religion
Lydney Park heritageInterest Roman religion
Diana Leaving the Bath hasMythologicalTheme Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
personified Roma religion Roman religion
subject surface form: Personified Roma
Ulpii family patronDeity Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman traditional religion
Latin I introducesCulture Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
Mercury Attaching his Talaria depictsMythology Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
Aventine Triad religion Roman religion
this entity surface form: Ancient Roman religion
Neptune culture Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
statue of Minerva culturalContext Roman religion
subject surface form: Statue of Minerva (Heidelberg Old Bridge)
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
Hall of Gods associatedWith Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
The Triumph of Bacchus inspiredBy Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
Cretan cycle of myths influenced Roman religion
this entity surface form: Roman mythology
Juno Sospita partOf Roman religion
Caelestis religion Roman religion