Roman gods are based on planet worship, the Romans took characteristics of the Greek gods and added to theirs.
What the Romans did for us was to encourage Godliness on a grand scale.
You were spoilt for choice. Far from destroying the beliefs of conquered countries, they were actively encouraged - and in many cases absorbed. The Romans just couldn't have enough Gods. In fact sometimes they appear to have invented some for special occasions.
They gave the Greek pantheon a major makeover and fancy Latin names. The major deities were built up into the Planet Suite: Mars, Venus, Jupiter, etc. A good means of identification. We've attempted to point out the Greek vs Roman equivalents and hopefully haven't missed out too many.
Most of the Latin words still in use today seem to have a God connected to them. Discipline = DISCIPLINA, Fauna = FAUNUS, and Fortune = FORTUNA. Just add an 'a' or an 'us' to the end of a Latin word and see what God you get. With the romantic Romans, the more Gods the merrier. And some of their Gods could be very merry indeed.
Meanwhile, in Tuscany, sandwiched between Greek and Roman dynasties, the Etruscans or Etrurians seemed to have lived life to the full if their frescoes and artifacts are anything to go by. Which is pretty much all we can do as Etruscan remains a dead language.(source:http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/roman-mythology.php).
Roman God Lucifer
He is the 'Bearer of Light' and God of the Evening Star and Morning Star.
Under the Greeks he was the gleaming God PHOSPHEROS, which predates Judaism and Christianity.
(source:http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/roman-mythology.php?deity=LUCIFER)
http://www.theoi.com/Titan/AsterEosphoros.html
Lucifer predates the Greeks:
Shachar is known as the God of the Morning Star. Today we would know it as the planet Venus that we see in the morning just as the sun begins it climb into the sky. He is also a war God, and the lord of the dawn. He is mention briefly in the holy bible in Isaiah as the father of Helel the Light-Bringer. In the current King James version of the bible, Shachar is translated as the dayspring. It is unknown when he worshiped, but Shachar is part of the Ugarit pantheon. The city was existed from 1450 BCE to 1200 BCE which ended in the migration conquest of the Sea-Peoples.His StoryĒl came to shores of the sea and saw two woman who bobbed up and down. Ēl was sexually aroused and took the two with him, killed a bird by throwing a staff at it and roasted it over a fire. He asked the women to tell him when the bird is fully cooked, and to then address him either as husband or as father, for he would thenceforward behave to them as they call him. They salute him as husband. He lies with them and they gave birth to Shachar 'Dawn' and Shalim 'Dusk'. SourcesArora, N. (2011, April). Pictures, photos of ugarit (ras shamra), syria (source:http://godsofcanaan.blogspot.com/
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