Religio Romana

Religio Romana
Family	Modern Pagan / Roman polytheist
Origin region	Modern revival communities inspired by ancient Rome
Founding period	Modern revival from the 20th century CE onward
Estimated adherents	Unknown; practiced by Roman polytheists, reconstructionists, and revivalists.

Religio Romana is religio Romana is a modern revival or reconstruction of ancient Roman polytheistic religion, emphasizing ritual practice, household worship, civic piety, and the gods of Rome.

Overview

Religio Romana draws on ancient Roman religion but adapts it to modern life. Practitioners may honor gods such as Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Mars, Venus, Vesta, Janus, Saturn, Ceres, and Mercury, as well as household spirits and ancestors. Some emphasize scholarly reconstruction, while others practice a more devotional or eclectic Roman polytheism.

Key beliefs

Pietas, or dutiful right relationship with gods, ancestors, family, and community
The pax deorum, or harmony with the gods through proper ritual
Honor for Roman deities, household gods, lares, penates, and ancestors
Ritual correctness and continuity with Roman tradition
Adaptation of ancient practice to modern ethical and social contexts

Practices

Household offerings at a lararium
Prayers and libations
Festival observance according to Roman calendars
Study of Latin, ritual formulae, and Roman history
Community rites in some organizations

Places of worship

Home lararium
Outdoor altar
Temple reconstruction or symbolic sanctuary
Community ritual space

Sacred texts

Roman calendars
Classical literature
Antiquarian writings
Inscriptions and priestly references
Modern reconstructionist manuals

Holidays and observances

Saturnalia
Parentalia
Lupercalia in some reconstructions
Vestalia
Kalends, Nones, and Ides observances

Branches and related traditions

Roman religion - The historical source tradition.
Modern Paganism - A broad family of contemporary Pagan religions.
Polytheistic reconstructionism - A method of rebuilding practice from historical sources.