Roman mythology
Noun
Meaning
the mythology of the ancient Romans
Source: WordNetHypernyms
Examples
Greek and Roman mythology had never been a favourite subject of mine at school, but as I grew older I began to appreciate the legends and realize that they contained a vivid world of adventure with wonderful heroes, villains and, most importantly, lots of fantastic creatures.
An adaptation of polytheistic religions and each other myths has taken place among the various tribes, coming from both the Germanic, Celtic and later Roman mythology.
Connection to Roman mythology Many of the terms used in relation to the Romulans are derived from Roman mythology and government.
As far as the myths go, one could argue that, because the best-known (although not necessarily the earliest) versions of these stories comes from the Roman compilation, they should actually be considered part of Roman mythology.
By the same token, the figure of St. Nicholas from the Catholic tradition, was a mutation of earlier Roman mythology.
In ancient Rome only the native deities of Roman mythology had a templum; any equivalent structure for a foreign deity was called a fanum.