Small gods, big reach

A deity can start local and then go universal. In Greece, Pan began as an Arcadian god and his influence spread.

From Local Gods to Global Deities

4th-century Roman sarcophagus depicting the creation of man by Prometheus, with major Roman deities Jupiter, Neptune, Mercury, Juno, Apollo, Vulcan watching

Rome’s remix

The Romans adopted and syncretised deities from Greece, Asia, and Egypt—Apollo, Cybele, Mithras, Isis, Serapis—to unite a multi-ethnic empire.

From Local Gods to Global Deities

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