Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding of Rome. All were consulted and honored to make sure that the actions of the state met with divine approval. Roman religion was split in ...

Roman religion involved cult worship. Approval from the gods did not depend on a person ... Young girls from some of Rome’s best families were chosen to be virgins by the pontifex maximus.

So they got around it by trying to have the best of both worlds by pairing off their Roman gods with their British ... a proscribed religion. It is not known how many shared their fate.