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 ... the son of a god.

His long rule saw a huge expansion in the Roman Empire and the ... war and was named dictator of Rome. To secure his position, he needed an heir. With no son of his own, he adopted Augustus.

William Weddell, the British artistocrat who purchased the statue of Athena on a Grand Tour of Rome Public domain ... Elena Goukassian of the Art Newspaper. But the Roman statue distinctly depicts ...

The landowner and politician William Weddell originally acquired the sculpture in mid-1700s Rome for ... the ancient Roman equivalent of the Olympian—Manchester tells The Art Newspaper that ...