Chapter 385 Mars and the Ancient Roman Gods

The city of Catanzaro.

The Temple of Persephone.

Because of the existence of this temple, the goddess Persephone can freely descend from the Pylos region of the Peloponnese Peninsula to the Calabria region in the south of the Apennine Peninsula.

While the Athenian soldiers were fighting with the Latin coalition, the goddess Persephone descended above Persephone in the city of Catanzaro, looking at the border between the Campania region and the Lazio region and whispering.

"The Latin gods have descended on the battlefield! Only by driving away the local gods here can I become the true master of the Apennine Peninsula."

After saying that, the goddess Persephone turned into a black divine light and flew quickly to the battlefield where the Athenian soldiers and the Latin coalition were fighting.

At this time, on the battlefield where the Athenian soldiers and the Latin coalition were fighting.

Mars, the patron saint of the Latins, held a stone spear in one hand and a wooden shield in the other. He looked like a farmer or shepherd armed as a soldier.

In the history of another world, Mars gradually became confused with Quirinus, the patron god of the Sabines, and later confused with Ares, the god of war of the Greeks.

But before the Latins developed to the point where they could fight against the Sabines, Mars had not yet been confused with Quirinus, because the Latins did not dare to make provocative actions by confusing Mars with Quirinus.

Later, the Latins became more and more powerful, and Mars, the patron god of the Latins, became the three most powerful gods in the Apennine Peninsula together with Quirinus, the patron god of the Sabines, and Jupiter, the patron god of the Etruscans.

After the Etruscans invaded southward, Mars, the patron god of the Latins, and Quirinus, the patron god of the Sabines, were kicked out of the list of the three main gods. Jupiter, the sun god of the Etruscans, Minerva, the moon goddess, and Juno, the wife of Jupiter, became the new three main gods.

"Brave Latins, defeat the enemy with your courage and strength!"

Mars, the god of agriculture, shouted to the Latin coalition while waving a stone spear and a wooden shield.

"Although the enemy has powerful weapons, you can still defeat the enemy."

Although the Latin coalition could not hear the voice of Mars, they could still feel the encouragement from Mars.

The Latins, whose courage and strength increased several times, all fought fearlessly with the Athenian soldiers.

If the patron saint of the Athenian Empire had not descended, perhaps the Athenian soldiers would really be defeated by the Latin coalition.

Unfortunately, before Roy could summon, the goddess Persephone, who regarded the Apennine Peninsula as her territory, took the initiative to descend on the battlefield and confronted Mars.

With the advent of Persephone, the divine power released by Mars to strengthen the Latin coalition was annihilated, and all the Latin soldiers returned to normal.

Without the divine power of Mars to increase the courage and strength of the Latins, the Latin coalition was immediately defeated by the Athenian soldiers with sharp iron spears after fighting with the Athenian soldiers.

After all, no matter how tenacious the will of the Latin coalition was, it was impossible to make up for the gap in weapons.

"Are you Mars, the patron saint of the Latins?"

Persephone summoned a dark scythe and smiled at Mars.

"We are both gods of agriculture with earth attributes, what a coincidence. But I am different from you. I am not only the goddess of agriculture, but also the goddess of death who harvests life."

"Foreign gods..."

Looking at the sharp scythe in Persephone's hand, Mars said with a serious face.

"You shouldn't invade my territory. Take the humans who worship you away quickly."

"Aren't you a foreign god of this land?"

Persephone teased with a playful smile.

"As far as I know, this was the territory where the Sikur people lived before. You also drove away the gods of the Sikur people and became the master here."

"That's different!"

Mars retorted.

"The gods of the Sicules and I are both native gods of the Apennine Peninsula. Our fight is an internal fight, and you are an outsider."

"Then I will tell you that I am now the patron god of the Sicules, Latins, and Sabines. All areas belonging to the Sicules, Latins, and Sabines should become my territory. If you cannot accept it, use your strength to expel me."

After that, Persephone took the initiative to swing the scythe to attack.

Mars hurriedly raised the wooden shield to block.

Bang!

The blade of the pitch-black scythe directly penetrated the wooden shield and stabbed into Mars' body.

Seeing that the blade of the pitch-black scythe was about to stab himself, Mars immediately swung the stone spear to stab Persephone.

Persephone retreated to avoid Mars' attack, so Mars was not stabbed by Persephone's pitch-black scythe.

The first round of the confrontation ended like this.

Although neither Persephone nor Mars was injured, Mars was undoubtedly at a disadvantage.

"If there was no difference in weapons--"

Looking at the wooden shield that was almost cut in half by Persephone, Mars said unwillingly.

"If there was no difference in weapons, you would never be able to defeat me."

"You are right!"

Persephone said with a smile.

"As a local god, you undoubtedly have more powerful divine power than me. But it is a fact that there is a gap in our weapons, so you will definitely lose to me today."

"I am not fighting alone! My friends Venus, Janus, Vesta, Diana, Neptune--come and help me defeat the foreign gods!"

In order to defeat Persephone, Mars took the initiative to seek help from other gods.

Following the call of Mars, Neptune, the god of the sea, Vesta, the goddess of the hearth, Venus, the goddess of the orchard, Janus, the god of the door, and Diana, the goddess of the oak, all descended on the battlefield with a height of 100 meters.

Compared with the huge figures of Persephone and Mars, who were 1,000 meters tall, they were like a group of children.

Although in the mythology of another world, Roman mythology was mixed with Greek mythology, making Neptune, Vesta, Venus, Janus, and Diana the twelve main gods of Roman mythology alongside Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, that was history a thousand years later.

A thousand years ago now, Neptune, Vesta, Venus, Janus, and Diana were not powerful patron saints, but just a group of gods of faith with faith.

In this era, the ancient Romans did not even have the technology to build large ships, so the weakness of Neptune, the god of the sea, was naturally beyond doubt.

Because the ancient Romans who did not need to go out to sea had no need to worship Neptune, the god of the sea.

Vesta, the goddess of the hearth, was the patron saint of the ancient Romans. Because fire can cook food and warm the body, Vesta is indeed a powerful god second only to the patron saint.

Janus, the god of doors, was also the patron saint of the ancient Romans.

The ancient Romans worshipped Janus, the god of doors, probably because they believed that he could protect them from being harmed by wild beasts or robbers.

As the two patron saints of the ancient Romans, Janus and Vesta had the same powerful divine power.

Venus, the goddess of the orchard - from her divinity, it can be seen that this is a god of faith as weak as Neptune, the god of the sea.

Because for humans, fruits and vegetables in the orchard are not essential foods.

In the history of another world, Venus has a huge reputation entirely because she is confused with Aphrodite, one of the strongest goddesses in the Mediterranean.