Part 1 of Essay
Just like all other religion, the ancient was centered around gods. A whole bunch of gods. A stinking lot of gods. From early childhood they were taught about all the gods. All over the house and over the fireplace were icons crowned with flowers representing the gods and spirits of the family. The two faced god Janus ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... corn, fire, trees and stones. The Romans called the gods Numina, or spirits. Sometimes they were representative of Health, Youth, Memory, Fortune, Honor, Hope, Fear, Virtue, Chastity, Concord, Victory, and other abstractions. Never was there before a religion with so many dieties. There have been thought to be over 30,000 different gods, others say there were more gods in some towns than men. (Information sited from Caesar and Christ by Will and Ariel Durant.) ....