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Roman Gods There are thousands of Roman gods.Roman gods where everywhere from in a house to next to a bush.Most Roman gods are Greek gods with there names changed.Most of the gods were related.Some Roman gods have the name of planets.The Romans had special ceremonies for the gods.At first Roman gods didn’t have human bodies.People who did not worship the Roman gods were punished.

Jupiter was king of the gods.Jupiter admired strenth.One of Jupiter and Junos sons was Io.Hercules is another son of Jupiter.Jupiter knew Juno wanted to kill Hercules so he sent Hercules down to earth.Eurysthesus was the cousin of Hercules.Eurysthesus was afraid of Hercules.

Mars was another son of Jupiter.Mars was just plain mean.Eris,the spirit of disagreement followed Mars everywhere.Mars and Eris carried pain, panic, famine, and Oblivion with them wherever they went.Mars did not care who won or lost a war he just liked to see bloodshed.Most of the other gods stayed as far away from Mars as possible. He only caused trouble

Mercury was Jupiters youngest son.Jupiter liked mercury very much. Jupiter made Mercury the messenger of the Gods.The other gods trusted Mercury. Mercury was very bright and loyal.Neptune was the lord of the sea. Neptune was very powerful.Neptune was very moody. Pluto was the god of the underworld. Pluto had a companoin ceberus