Daily Life in Ancient Rome
Discover how Roman mythology shaped daily life in ancient Rome, from household rituals to public religion and social structure.
Cultural Influence and Legacy
Cultural Influence and Legacy follows Roman mythology out of antiquity and into the centuries that reused it. Long after the temples closed, Roman gods survived as a shared visual and literary language, drawn on by Renaissance painters, poets, and statesmen alike.
These articles trace how figures like Venus and Mars were stripped of worship yet kept as symbols, made to mean whatever a later age needed them to mean.
Roman Mythology in Renaissance Art: How the Ancient Gods Returned
The Roman gods did not simply return in the Renaissance.The Roman gods did not simply return in the Renaissance. They were rebuilt — from Ovid, from ancient sculpture, from Neoplatonic philosophy, and from what wealthy patrons needed on their walls.
The Fall of the Gods: How Christianity Transformed Roman Mythology
The Roman gods did not disappear when Christianity became the state religion. They were absorbed, repurposed, renamed, and argued over for centuries. Some of them are still with us.
The Legacy of Roman Mythology: What Rome Left Behind
Every time you say January, mercurial, jovial, or cereal, you’re speaking Roman mythology. You just don’t know it.