Roman religion was divided into two. Spirits watched over people, families and households, and the paterfamilias was in charge of the household worship that honored them. Romans also had a set of ...

These gods had made their home in the Roman world at an early time, along with Greek art and literature. Some of these Greek gods shared Roman names and acquired some Roman characteristics.

To the Britons, the entire natural world was sacred and they, like the Romans, had a wide array of gods. As the centuries passed, there was a tendency to identify the gods of the Britons with ...