Gods Rome possessed with no Greek equivalent — proof the pantheon was never a copy.
Beginnings, Doorways, & Endings
Janus exists in no Greek myth because he was never Greek. He is the single strongest proof that the Roman pantheon was not a translation — Rome had its own gods of time, space and statecraft from the beginning.
Read the comparisonThe Deified State & the Roman People
Quirinus has no Greek equivalent because there was no Greek concept of a deified citizen-body. He is the clearest expression of Rome's deepest religious instinct — that the state itself could be sacred.
Read the comparisonBoundary Stones, Limits, & Law
There is no Greek Terminus, because there was no Greek obsession with the legal boundary. Rome invented a god for the property line — and his refusal to move became a metaphor for the limits of empire itself.
Read the comparisonFruit, Orchards, & Cultivation
Pomona has no Greek counterpart because Greek religion had no god of orchards — its gods were heroic, not horticultural. She is a reminder that Roman religion grew out of farming long before it borrowed from Homer.
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