Gods of Rome

The Gods of Rome were avatars of the Gods of Olympus. Confronted with an emissary of Apokolips in Latium, later revealed to be a younger Darkseid, they showed themselves to the Roman people and became worshipped by them. They soon learned that they could

Gods of Ancient Rome
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Official Name	Gods of Ancient Rome
Status	Defunct
Identity	Secret
Universe	New Earth · Sphere of the Gods ·
Base of Operations	Rome
Affiliations
Organization Leader(s)	Jupiter
Current Members	Ceres, Hercules, Juno, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Pluto, Venus, Vulcan
Enemies	Gods of Olympus; Circe
First appearance	All-Star Comics #8 (January, 1942)

History

The Gods of Rome were avatars of the Gods of Olympus. Confronted with an emissary of Apokolips in Latium, later revealed to be a younger Darkseid, they showed themselves to the Roman people and became worshipped by them. They soon learned that they could not handle twice the worshippers, so each they created avatars to do the work for them. Over time, these Gods gained an independent spirit.

Gods of Rome:

• Apollo (avatar of Phoebus Apollo)
• Ceres (avatar of Demeter)
• Hercules (avatar of Herakles)
• Juno (avatar of Hera)
• Jove/Jupiter (avatar of Zeus)
• Mars (avatar of Ares)
• Mercury (avatar of Hermes)
• Neptune (avatar of Poseidon)
• Pluto (avatar of Hades)
• Venus (avatar of Aphrodite)
• Vulcan (avatar of Hephaestus)

Paraphernalia

Weapons: Trident of Neptune

Notes

• This character or object is an adaptation of Gods of Rome, a character or object in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore. More information on the original can be found at Wikipedia.org.

See Also

• 20 Appearances of Gods of Rome
• 4 Images that include Gods of Rome
• Organization Gallery: Gods of Rome

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