Ancient Roman mythology had its roots in Indo-European and Proto-Italic religions. This affected Roman mythology names like Jupiter (Day-Father). As Roman influence expanded the myths and gods of other nations were also absorbed, including the Etruscans,
The ancient Roman army is a fascinating subject to cover. From it, you can see what a legionary soldier was dressed like. You can also see the kind of fortifications that they had on some of the coins. Apparently the idea to put these topics on ancient coins was to show that the empi...
“Art thou willing, Juno, to go to Rome?” The rest exclaimed that the goddess nodded assent. An addition to the story was made to the effect that she was heard to say, “I am willing.” The Roman Goddess Juno from an antique etching of a statue found in Pompeii....
J Hum Genet (2007) 52:584–591 DOI 10.1007/s10038-007-0155-0 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Testing the hypothesis of an ancient Roman soldier origin of the Liqian people in northwest China: a Y-chromosome perspective Ruixia Zhou Æ Lizhe An Æ Xunling Wang Æ Wei Shao Æ Gonghua Lin Æ ...
The centuries took their titles from the old use of the legion drawn up in three lines of battle using three classes of soldier. (Each century would then hold a cross-section of this theoretical line, although these century titles were now essentially nominal.) Each of the three lines is ...
When it came to the legions, marching was the order of the day for most troopers, and the average Roman soldier, fully laden, could travel up to 25 Roman miles in one day. For the average person living within the bounds of the empire, walking was also the norm. This mode of travel ...
And the term “soldier” (stratiōtēs) occurs ca. 26 times in the New Testament, in a variety of contexts, with those in the gospels mostly connected with the passion narratives in the gospels, and those in the book of Acts mostly connected with Paul after his arrest (Acts 21; Acts 23...
Still a WIP, working on the rest of the body. Modeling: Blender Texturing: Substance Painter 2x 2048xDiffuse/Metallic/Normal/Roughness - Ancient Roman Soldier Armor - 3D model by mig26
which in many ways can be related to the more ancient practice of ritual intercourse between king and priestess to ensure fertility of the land. There is little proof of this sort of practice in Rome, but at the Roman city of Paestum a brothel has been found annexed to a temple ofVenus...
deeper reason for this assimilation of foreign deities (termed “novensiles” as opposed to the home bred ones called “indigetes“): the Romans actually believed that if they won the good will of the enemy’s deity then the Roman army would have a good chance of winning the enemy in ...