Dii Consentes

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The Dii Consentes were the principal group of twelve major Roman deities, roughly equivalent to the Greek Olympians, who formed the core of the Roman state pantheon.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dii Consentes canonical 5
Dii Consentes et Selecti 1
Flamines 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman deities
group of deities
twelve gods
alsoKnownAs Di Consentes
Dii Consentes et Selecti
linked to: Dii Consentes
associatedWithLocation Capitoline Hill
Roman Forum
category Roman gods
Roman religion
coreOf Roman state pantheon
cosmologicalRole major celestial deities
culture Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
describedBySource Varro
equivalentTo Twelve Olympians
function protectors of the Roman state
genderComposition mixed male and female deities
hasGreekCounterpartGroup Dodekatheon
linked to: Hesperis
iconography grouped representation of twelve gods
influencedBy Greek religion
languageOfName Latin
member Apollo
Ceres
Diana
Juno
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Minerva
linked to: Sulis Minerva

Neptune
Venus
Vesta
Vulcan
mentionedIn De lingua Latina
numberOfMembers 12
pantheonRole principal deities
religion Ancient Roman religion
timePeriod Roman Empire
Roman Republic
worshipContext public festivals
state ceremonies
worshipType state cult

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vulcan memberOf Dii Consentes
Twelve Olympians RomanEquivalentGroup Dii Consentes
Roman religion includesInstitution Flamines
linked to: Dii Consentes
Roman religion hasDeityClass Dii Consentes
Dii Consentes alsoKnownAs Dii Consentes et Selecti
linked to: Dii Consentes
Ceres memberOf Dii Consentes
Juno memberOf Dii Consentes
subject linked to: Roman goddess Juno