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When did the gates of Janus stand open, and why does a mint take its name from Juno? These Roman mythology trivia questions and answers keep to Rome's own gods, founders and festivals.
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Roman gods and goddesses
The great gods of Rome asks about Jupiter's eagle, Mars and the wolf, and the temple that held the treasury. Gods of the house, the field and the door covers the Lares at the crossroads, Terminus and his boundary markers, and Cardea, goddess of the hinge.
From Troy to the founding of Rome
Aeneas and the Aeneid follows the hero from Troy to the golden bough and the war with Turnus. Romulus, Remus and early Rome has the fig tree, the twelve birds and Horatius at the bridge. Festivals, priests and poets ends with the Saturnalia and Ovid.
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Questions and answers
Who are the 12 main Roman gods?
The Dii Consentes: Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Minerva, Mars, Venus, Apollo, Diana, Vulcan, Vesta, Mercury and Ceres. Livy sets them out as six pairs of a god and a goddess, and their gilt statues stood in the Roman Forum.
What is the difference between Roman and Greek mythology?
The Romans matched many of their gods to Greek ones: Jupiter to Zeus, Faunus to Pan, Victoria to Nike. Rome also told legends about its own beginnings, such as the journey of Aeneas and the twins Romulus and Remus.
Who founded Rome in Roman mythology?
Romulus, after a quarrel with his twin, Remus, over where the city should stand. The tale is set before 753 BC, the founding date in Varro's reckoning, and its earliest known written account is from the late 3rd century BC.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 14, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article linked beside it, 70 articles in all. Where the old writers differ, the question says whose telling it follows, and the harsher parts of the legends are left out.