I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 385 Mars and the Ancient Roman Gods

Catanzaro city.

Temple of Persephone.

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

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

"The gods of the Latins have come to the battlefield! Only by driving away the local gods here can I become the true master of the Apennine Peninsula."

After speaking, the goddess Persephone turned into a black divine light and flew towards the battlefield where the Athenian soldiers and the Latin allied forces were fighting.

At this time, it was the battlefield where the Athenian soldiers and the Latin allied forces were fighting.

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

In the history of another world, Mars was gradually confused with Quirinus, the patron saint of the Sabines, as the god of war, and later with Ares, the Greek god of war.

But before the Latins developed enough to confront the Sabines, Mars had not been confused with Quirinus, because the Latins did not dare to make a provocative act of confusing Mars with Quirinus.

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

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

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

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

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

Although the Latin Allied Forces could not hear Mars' voice, they could still feel Mars' encouragement to them.

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

If the Athenian Empire did not have the patron saint, perhaps the Athenian soldiers would really be defeated by the Latin coalition forces.

It's a pity that Roy hadn't summoned yet, and the goddess Persephone, who regarded the Apennine Peninsula as her territory, came to the battlefield on her own initiative to confront Mars.

With the arrival of Persephone, the divine power released by Mars to strengthen the Latin Allied Army was annihilated, and all the Latin soldiers returned to their normal state.

Without the divine power of Mars to increase the courage and strength of the Latins, after the Latin allied forces fought with the Athenian soldiers, they were immediately defeated by the Athenian soldiers with sharp iron guns.

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

"You are Mars, the patron saint of the Latins?"

Persephone summoned a black scythe and looked at Mars with a smile.

"We are both the gods of agriculture who belong to the earth. This is really 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."

"Alien God..."

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

"You shouldn't invade my territory, hurry up and leave with the humans who worship you."

"Aren't you the alien god of this land?"

Persephone teased with a playful smile.

"As far as I know, this place used to be the territory where the Sikur people lived. You are also the god who drove away the Sikur people, so you became the master of this place."

"It's different!"

Mars retorted.

"The gods of me and the Sikur people are both native gods of the Apennine Peninsula. Our battle is an internal battle, and you are a foreign god."

"Then let me tell you, I am now the patron saint of the Sikurs, Latins, and Sabines. All areas belonging to the Sikurs, Latins, and Sabines should become my territory. If If you can't accept it, use your strength to expel me."

After speaking, Persephone took the initiative to attack with a scythe.

Mars hurriedly raised his wooden shield to resist.

Bang Bang!
The blade of the pitch-black scythe pierced through the wooden shield and pierced Mars' body.

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

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

That was the end of the first round of confrontation.

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

"If there is no weapon gap—"

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

"If there is no gap in weapons, you will never be able to defeat me."

"exactly!"

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 between our weapons, so you will definitely lose to me today."

"I'm not alone! My friends Venus, Janus, Vesta, Diana, Neptune—come and help me defeat the alien 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 door god, and Diana, the goddess of the oak tree, all came to the battlefield with a height of [-] meters.

Compared with the huge figures of Persephone and Mars who are a thousand meters tall, they are like a group of children.

Although in the mythology of another world, Roman mythology is mixed with Greek mythology, making Neptune, Vesta, Venus, Janus, and Diana become Roman mythology alongside Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva Twelve main gods, but that is history after 1000 years.

1000 years ago now, Neptune, Vesta, Venus, Janus, and Diana were not powerful patron saints, but just a group of gods with faith.

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

Because the ancient Romans, who didn't need to go to sea to sail, had no need to worship Neptune, the god of the sea.

Vesta, goddess of the hearth, was the patron saint of the home for the ancient Romans, and because flames can cook food and warm the body, Vesta is indeed a powerful deity second only to the patron saint.

Janus, the door god, was also the patron saint of homes for the ancient Romans.

The ancient Romans worshiped the door god Janus, probably believing that the door god Janus could protect them from wild animals or robbers.

As the two family patron saints worshiped by the ancient Romans, Janus and Vesta have the same powerful divine power.

Venus, the Goddess of the Orchard—As can be seen from her godhead, this is a god of faith who is as weak as the sea god Neptune.

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

In the history of another world, Venus gained great popularity solely by being confused with Aphrodite, one of the strongest goddesses in the Mediterranean.

(End of this chapter)