They also trace their myth of origin byck to the heros Aeneas, son of Aphrodite (Venus) and a Trojan prince. So it’s somehow inherent that the Greek and Roman gods are identical.
To be fair, that was a very late innovation. The entire era of the Republic had no such myth; it comes from a wholesale invention in an epic poem commissioned by Emperor Augustus. By the time that bit of mythology came about, Roman religion was already very established in its own right.
They also trace their myth of origin byck to the heros Aeneas, son of Aphrodite (Venus) and a Trojan prince. So it’s somehow inherent that the Greek and Roman gods are identical.
To be fair, that was a very late innovation. The entire era of the Republic had no such myth; it comes from a wholesale invention in an epic poem commissioned by Emperor Augustus. By the time that bit of mythology came about, Roman religion was already very established in its own right.