Roman State Religion and Mystery Cults Worship History

Overviews of Roman State Religion Worship Practices

Deities

Olympians

• Jupiter / Zeus
• Juno / Hera
• Mars / Ares
• Venus / Aphrodite
• Apollo
• Diana / Artemis
• Bacchus / Dionysius
• Ceres / Demeter
• Mercury / Hermes
• Neptune / Poseidon
• Minerva / Athena
• Vulcan / Haephaestus
   
   

Di consentes

12 great gods/goddesses (six of each) with Vesta substituted for Bacchus)
 

Capitoline Triad

originally Jupiter + Mars + Quirinius; later Jupiter + Juno + Minerva
 

Di inferi

gods/goddesses of the underworld, such as Dis and Prosepina
 

Dius fidius

a god/goddess/hero sworn by in oaths, usually Jupiter or Hercules
 

Spirits

Genii

Genius loci

Lares

Penates

Manes

Lemures

Fata / Parcae

Furiae / Dirae

Nymphs
 
 

Priesthoods

Rex Sacrorum

Augures

Haruspices

Flamines

Fetiales

Arval Priests

Augustales

Epulones

Salii

Luperci

Vestal Virgins

 
Religious Observances

Terminology: Cultus, Pietas, Devotio, Lustratio, Mundus

Prayers

Vows

Sacrifices

Libations

"Artificial" Divination

"Natural" Divination

Oracles

Astrology

Festivals and Calendar

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Overviews of so-called "Oriental" / "Mystery" Religions

Eleusinian Mysteries

Bacchic Mysteries

Mysteries of Magna Mater

Orphism

Mithraism

Mysteries of Isis

Mysteries of Serapis