Dii Consentes

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Roman deities group of deities twelve gods

The Dii Consentes were the principal group of twelve major Roman deities, roughly equivalent to the Greek Olympians, who formed the core of the Roman state pantheon.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Dii Consentes et Selecti	1
Flamines	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman deities ⓘ group of deities ⓘ twelve gods ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Di Consentes ⓘ Dii Consentes ⓘ surface form: Dii Consentes et Selecti
associatedWithLocation	Capitoline Hill ⓘ Roman Forum ⓘ
category	Roman gods ⓘ Roman religion ⓘ
coreOf	Roman state pantheon ⓘ
cosmologicalRole	major celestial deities ⓘ
culture	Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedBySource	Varro ⓘ
equivalentTo	Twelve Olympians ⓘ
function	protectors of the Roman state ⓘ
genderComposition	mixed male and female deities ⓘ
hasGreekCounterpartGroup	Hesperis ⓘ surface form: Dodekatheon
iconography	grouped representation of twelve gods ⓘ
influencedBy	Greek religion ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
member	Apollo ⓘ Ceres NERFINISHED ⓘ Diana ⓘ Juno ⓘ Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ Mars ⓘ Mercury ⓘ Sulis Minerva ⓘ surface form: Minerva Neptune ⓘ Venus ⓘ Vesta ⓘ Vulcan ⓘ
mentionedIn	De lingua Latina ⓘ
numberOfMembers	12 ⓘ
pantheonRole	principal deities ⓘ
religion	Ancient Roman religion ⓘ
timePeriod	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
worshipContext	public festivals ⓘ state ceremonies ⓘ
worshipType	state cult ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Twelve Olympians → RomanEquivalentGroup → Dii Consentes ⓘ

Dii Consentes → alsoKnownAs → Dii Consentes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dii Consentes et Selecti

Roman religion → hasDeityClass → Dii Consentes ⓘ

Roman religion → includesInstitution → Dii Consentes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flamines

Vulcan → memberOf → Dii Consentes ⓘ