Neptune

**Neptune** is the Roman form of **Poseidon**. As Neptune, he becomes more disciplined, militaristic, and warlike than his Greek counterpart. For Greeks, he was a major civic god and was highly respected for being the god of the sea and earthquakes. However the Romans, who were not seafaring people, associated him more with fresh water and horses, and treated him with a fearful respect.

## History

The Romans believed in a series of gods associated with world around them. They designated Neptune as the god of water and the sea, a close parallel to the Greek god, Poseidon.

As a god of both fresh water and the sea, Romans prayed to Neptune to provide water for their crops. In ancient Italy, farmers would honour Neptune with a festival in July, when frequent droughts would destroy their fields. He was also a patron of horses and had a temple called Circus Flaminius built near a race track, and another in Campus Martius.

He was also the patron of horse racing and a temple dedicated to him was situated near the Circus Flaminius which was a Roman racetrack. The Circus Flaminius was the venue for horse racing with one rider and his horse going around the turning posts.

## Abilities

* As one of the Big Three, Neptune has the ultimate powers a god can possess, and is rivalled only by his brothers, Jupiter and Pluto, although Jupiter has always believed that he is above his brothers in raw power.
* **Hydrokinesis**: As the Lord of the Sea, Neptune has absolute control over water like Percy, only to a much greater extent.
	+ He can withstand any amount of water pressure.
	+ He can generate water from his body.
	+ He can use sea waves as a form of teleportation.
	+ He can breath underwater.
	+ He can communicate with sea creatures.
* **Geokinesis** (limited): Being the god of earthquakes, Neptune has the ability to cause earthquakes, giving him the nickname "the Earthshaker".
* **Atmokinesis** (limited): As the god of Storms, he has control over the weather.
	+ **Aerokinesis** (limited): Neptune is also known as the god of storms since he controls the weather over the seas. He can create thunderstorms and hurricanes. However, he can also create clear skies for sailors if he wants. As god of the seas, it is unknown how far this power may extend over land.

## Trivia

* Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It was named after the god, as its deep blue gas clouds gave the earliest astronomers the impression of great oceans and seas, the domain of Neptune.
* Caligula, a Roman emperor, once declared war on Neptune's kingdom. Once he found he could not attack the sea, he had it whipped.
* His Norse counterparts are Aegir and Njord.
* Sobek could be considered his Egyptian counterpart.
* It was declared that in the Second World War the sons of Zeus / Jupiter and Poseidon / Neptune were in charge of the winning side, therefore they had to be in charge of the United States of America, England and China.
* Neptune is the only one of the Big Three to have no known living demigod children in his Roman form within the series.
* Percy Jackson was initially considered a son of Neptune by the Romans, but he is actually a son of Neptune's Greek counterpart, Poseidon.
	+ Both Jupiter and Pluto have living children as does Zeus and Hades. However with the death of Jason Grace, Pluto became the only one of the Roman Big Three to have known living offspring.