Archaeologists excavating an 18th-century hospital in Orléans, France, recently came across a 2,000-year-old Roman necropolis ...

Also known by the Latin term "defixiones," curse tablets have been found throughout the ancient Mediterranean ... curse ...

But in the ancient past—up until about 4.12 to ... are named for the sons and chariot drivers of the god Mars in Roman mythology. How the moons formed remains unsolved. One possibility is ...

For example, Mars was seen as the god of war and Fortuna was the goddess of luck and fortune. Many of the Roman gods and goddesses are borrowed and adapted from the gods the ancient Greeks ...

As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks ... Other major gods included Mars (god of war), Mercury (god of trade ...

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 worship was to gain the blessing of ...

Also known by the Latin term "defixiones," curse tablets have been found throughout the ancient ... to "Mars Rigisamu," which is Gaulish for "Mars the Royal," or the Roman god of war.