I quickly went googling to find out if they had any gods of their own... found this... "At the founding of Rome, the gods were 'nu... [show more]

I quickly went googling to find out if they had any gods of their own... found this... "At the founding of Rome, the gods were 'numina', divine manifestations, faceless, formless, but no less powerful. The idea of gods as anthropomorphized beings came later, with the influence from Etruscans and Greeks, which had human form. Some of the Roman Gods are at least as old as the founding of Rome.

The concept of numen continued to exist and it was related to any manifestation of the divine. For the Romans, everything in Nature is thought to be inhabited by numina, which explains the big number of deities in the Roman pantheon, as will be shown. Numina manifest the divine will by means of natural phenomena, which the pious Roman constantly seeks to interpret. That's why great attention is paid to omens and portents in every aspect of Roman daily life. ." [show less]

The Roman's wished to be all-inclusive and took the gods of many cultures in order to appease citizens. http://en.wikipedia.org/w... [show more]

The Roman's wished to be all-inclusive and took the gods of many cultures in order to appease citizens.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology [show less]

The Romans weren't powerful enough to steal gods.

... and gave them new names.

Or deity in this case. and instead of smelling, the symbolism. a name is merely that. a name.... [show more]

Or deity in this case. and instead of smelling, the symbolism.

a name is merely that. a name. [show less]