The big three The three most important gods were Jupiter (protector of the state), Juno (protector of women) and Minerva (goddess of craft and wisdom). Other major gods included Mars (god of war ...

Jupiter – the gas giant, largest planet in our solar system, named for the Roman god of the sky who with his fearsome thunderbolt lorded over the entire universe – is about to be a little ...

Nasa's probe Juno is going to reach Jupiter today, and that's awesome because we know so little about our solar-system giant. Here's what we do know: Named for the king of the Roman gods ...

Romans also had a set of public gods, such as Jupiter and Mars. State worship was much more formal: colleges of priests paid tribute to these gods on behalf of Rome itself. The objective of Roman ...