Roman Mythology

Explore Roman Mythology on RootsLore — a living, time-lapsed map of births, marriages and migrations across the generations.

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• Saturnus · ? — Titan-king of the golden age; father of the great gods; the Greek Cronus.
• Ops · ? — Goddess of abundance and the harvest; wife of Saturn; the Greek Rhea.
• Iuppiter · ? — King of the gods; lord of sky and thunder; the Roman Jupiter.
• Iuno · ? — Queen of the gods; goddess of marriage; sister and wife of Jupiter.
• Neptunus · ? — God of the sea and earthquakes; brother of Jupiter.
• Pluto · ? — God of the underworld and wealth; brother of Jupiter.
• Ceres · ? — Goddess of grain and the harvest; mother of Proserpina.
• Vesta · ? — Goddess of the hearth and the sacred flame of Rome.
• Latona · ? — Titaness; mother of Apollo and Diana by Jupiter; the Greek Leto.
• Maia · ? — Eldest of the Pleiades; mother of Mercury by Jupiter.
• Mars · ? — God of war and guardian of Rome; son of Jupiter and Juno.
• Vulcanus · ? — God of fire and the forge; born of Juno alone.
• Minerva · ? — Goddess of wisdom and craft; sprang fully armed from Jupiter’s head.
• Apollo · ? — God of light, music and prophecy; twin of Diana.
• Diana · ? — Goddess of the hunt and the moon; twin of Apollo.
• Mercurius · ? — Messenger of the gods; patron of travellers and trade.
• Rhea Silvia · ? — Vestal princess of Alba Longa; mother of Romulus and Remus by Mars. (Livy)
• Romulus · ? — Founder and first king of Rome; raised with his twin by a she-wolf.
• Remus · ? — Twin of Romulus, slain by him at the founding of Rome.