Mars (deity)

Mars was the god of war, destruction, and masculinity in Roman mythology. The equivalent of the Greek god Ares, he was also regarded as the son of Jupiter, and wolves were sacred to him. He was also regarded as the father of Remus and Romulus, the legendary founders of Rome.
==Influence==
By the 1st century BCE, a statue of Mars was erected in a temple situated atop an acropolis in Cyrene, Cyrenaica.Assassin's Creed: Origins
In the 15th century, a statue of Mars was recovered by the Italian Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze in Monteriggioni. He found it on a wall of the western-most building closest to the Villa Auditore. Along with the statue of Venus, the statuette of Mars worked as a key opening a storage containing 2000 florins.Assassin's Creed II
==Behind the scenes==
The statuette of Mars in Monteriggioni is based on a statue of Ares found in at Tivoli, Italy.
The statue of Mars seen widely in Assassin's Creed: Origins seems to be based on the real-life statue discovered in the , which in turn used a model of the 4th century BCE.
==Gallery==
ACO_Mars_Statue.jpg|Statue of Mars in the Roman Akropolis
Statues1.png|Statues of Venus and Mars (right)
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed II 
*Assassin's Creed: Origins 
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla 
==References==
Category:Roman deities