Talk:List of Roman mythological figures

message: I didn't know this article existed and I've already created my own list at List of Roman gods. Perhaps the two pages can be merged? T@nn 00:52, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: "J" did not exist in Latin, at least not at the same time as the western Roman Empire. Who stupidly wrote "Flamen majore"? Capital letters did not exist at the beginning of sentences and neither did "J". "Majore" has been spelt incorrectly anyway; there shouldn't be an "e" at the end. If nobody can justify the spelling of these words within 24 hours, then I will remove all occurences of "majore" and "minore".Huey45 12:05, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "flamen majore" 

message: I amy be wrong but I think the correspondence is Antevorta Prorsa  (and Postvorta Porrima).Aldrasto11 (talk) 05:47, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: At one time I was going through the list, weeding out dubious entries, adding others. Some of these deities are known only scantily, and could never really have an article longer than a stub; those I think could safely be listed here with a little paragraph, or in an article on some "category" of deity ("Minor agricultural deities of ancient Rome" or some such). Originally the list seems to have reflected certain Neopagan enthusiasms. I got stuck on a particular deity in the C's, got distracted, and haven't returned to the "weeding out". Hope to someday (I especially have wanted to look at birth and childhood deities). But I encourage you to fix whatever you see wrong in the list. Cynwolfe (talk) 15:58, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Antevorta 

message: I strenuously object to the undiscussed move. This is NOT a list of mythological figures. It lists only deities, not other kinds of mythological figures. Cynwolfe (talk) 11:23, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I've asked for admin help to undo the move, and avoid the misleading redirects. Haploidavey (talk) 21:07, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I put the case (as I see it) at the Admin's noticeboard. Seems we can either go the WP:RfC route, or create a stub from the unwanted redirects. Here's a link  to the discussion. Haploidavey (talk) 22:46, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move 

message: This has been tagged for citation for a year or so, and I've boldly removed it because it/she seems dubious as a deity, just sometimes found on coinage as apparent exhortation to celebrate the goodies of Imperial rule: see Wilhelm Froehner, Hilaritas et Laetitia, 1907 - yes, it's old stuff - Rollin & Feuardent; . See also Carlos F. Noreña, Imperial Ideals in the Roman West: Representation, Circulation, Power, CUP, 2011 . My question being - do we (or should we) include all such possible personifications as divine? Neither of these linked sources seems to describe Hilaritas as a deity - had she been one, surely Augustine and his ilk wouldn't have missed the opportunity to take a poke. Haploidavey (talk) 14:39, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: This question has occurred to me more than once as well. The solution I've been mulling over is a "cult of virtues" article, based mainly on the Noreña book, Clark's Divine Qualities, and the Rufus Fears article on the cult of the virutes in ANRW. By article, I really just mean a list article, I think, with a nice introduction. That article could be cross-referenced like the indigitmenta and other lists of deities mainly belonging to Aug's "throng of little gods". One sticking point is that some figures would belong in both: Salus and Bonus Eventus come to mind. (BTW, this talk page title is screwed up from that precipitous move, d'ya notice?) Cynwolfe (talk) 16:05, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh sheeeee..it. I hadn't noticed the move - I distinctly remember this being a List of Deities when I wrote the above. Either I'm losing it, or have lost it, or I simply read what I expected to find. All could be equally true. "Precipitous Moves" would be a great name for a haulage company, don'cha think? Anywas, I reckon a list-article on the Virtues would be helpful - and something I'm personally interested in. Haploidavey (talk) 19:19, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Just saw your objection in the previous section; sorry, but had I noticed, I too would have objected. Not the first time such moves have been made. Remember?. I'm moving it back. Haploidavey (talk) 19:58, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: [edit conflict] Yeah, you may've missed that brief episode. Someone moved the article to "List of Roman mythological figures", even though the introduction states quite clearly that this is a list of deities, and even though no other kinds of "mythological figures" are listed here as they are at List of Greek mythological figures (the latter being one of the 10 most-visited G&R articles, incidentally). The helpful admin who moved it back must've forgotten to move the talk page. Because a redirect exists at Talk:List of Roman deities as a result of the move, it requires more mojo than you or I possess. But what of my question about Salus and Bonus Eventus, kind sir?Cynwolfe (talk) 20:01, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: [and another edit conflict] Yes, I just saw how the page-move would work. We can't reasonably have a redirect from a mythology list to one on deities; such a thing should not be; but alas, you're too right about the mojo. Salus, Bonus Eventus and their like would, I daresy, happily span more than one category, and more than one list.  D'you not think? Haploidavey (talk) 20:11, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hilaritas 

message: This short list seems arbitrary and has no citation for its inclusion, versus, say, the list of Varro's 20 major gods. I'd be in favor of deleting it. - Eponymous-Archon (talk) 21:20, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. It seems to have been compiled some time late last year, and (as you say) seems arbitrary. I'm removing it. Haploidavey (talk) 09:06, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Just FYI, the now-deleted section was created in this edit. On an unrelated matter; this talk page is still mistitled (thanks to a bad move - on which, see above - and a subsequent series of redirect fixes). Haploidavey (talk) 09:33, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discuss: Delete "Main deities" 

message: The list mostly consists of Italic deities, with some exceptions. The article Religion in ancient Rome states that the Romans included (and sometimes worshiped) the deities of those they conquered in order to assure peace between the Roman state and the new subjects. Why are these subject deities not included?--92.114.148.141 (talk) 14:17, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't understand it either.  It seems really arbitrary.  Cybele, and Bacchus are included but Isis, Serapis, and Mithras are not.  The latter three are even included as examples in the paragraphs at the top of the article.  Cybele and Bacchus are not usually included as "proper" Roman deities (they are both foreign mystery cults) so I don't understand the extra emphasis on them here.  If you include them you should include all such followings within Rome. --Bfarb (talk) 20:32, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Imported deities\ heroes by cultures?