Other major gods included Mars (god of war), Mercury (god of trade and messenger of the gods) and Bacchus (god of grapes ... Empire made it easy for the worship of gods to spread abroad and ...

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 public gods, such as Jupiter and Mars.

Richly coloured, it depicts a wealth of information about the mysterious rituals surrounding the god Bacchus. As a luxury spa ...

revealing how harvest rituals were deeply intertwined with religious devotion—particularly the worship of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and festivity. Unlike the opulent villas of Pompeii and ...