In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state religion – called the di consentes – paralleled the gods of Greek mythology ... be the mother of Aeneas, who according ...

This was not unusual: turning political leaders into gods was an old tradition around the Mediterranean. There was also precedent in Roman history – Aeneas and Romulus, who had helped found Rome ...

Romulus and Remus were the legendary founders of Rome, but according to ancient records, they were originally Greek.