Many Gods into One Roman God

Many Gods into One Roman God

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What is most interesting is how many of the various gods which were absorbed into Roman culture from the various corners of the empire were gradually translated and “interfaced” with existing deities. So that “Baal” for example might be recognised as a foreign reinterpretation of “Saturn”. This sort of tidying up job was generally undertaken by the Decemviri order which also guarded the Sybilline prophecies.

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