In the beginning Roman gods were considered divine manifestations, faceless, formless, and powerful. The idea of gods as anthropomorphized beings came later, with influences from the Etruscan and Greek pantheons.
Roman and Greek God Comparisons
Roman Greek
Apollo Apollo
Bacchus Dionysus
Ceres Demeter
Cupid Eros
Diana Artemis
Fortuna
Janus
Juno Hera
Jupiter Zeus
Maia
Mars Ares
Mercury Hermes
Minerva Athena
Neptune Poseidon
Pluto Hades
Proserpina Persephone
Saturn Cronus
Uranus Ouranos
Venus Aphrodite
Vesta Hestia
Vulcan Hephaestus
