Roman worship was divided into the ... an altar or temple at which to offer prayers and sacrifices. Requests and prayers were presented to gods as a trade: if the god did what was requested ...

colleges of priests paid tribute to these gods on behalf of Rome itself. The objective of Roman worship was to gain the blessing of the gods and thereby gain prosperity for themselves, their ...

Many of the most famous Roman gods weren’t even Roman at all but ... including offering prayer and sacrifice to foreign deities. Emperor Constantine famously won a decisive victory at the ...