Juno vs Mars

Queen of the gods and protector of the Roman state. Goddess of marriage, women, and childbirth. Wife and sister of Jupiter, patron of married women and the Roman matrons.

Juno is the Roman equivalent of Hera, daughter of Saturn and Ops. She became Jupiter's consort and queen of heaven, fiercely protective of marriage and legitimate children.

Juno is queen of the Roman gods and the protector of married women, but she is also a civic goddess. As **Juno Regina** she sat on the Capitol with Jupiter and Minerva. As **Juno Moneta** she kept a temple on the Arx whose name still sits inside the word "money," because the mint later worked nearby. As **Juno Sospita** she came from Lanuvium in goatskin and armed, a savior as much as a wife.

God of war and guardian of Rome. More prominent in Roman religion than his Greek counterpart Ares, Mars was also a god of agriculture and fertility. Father of Romulus and Remus, legendary founders of Rome.

Mars was the son of Jupiter and Juno. He fathered Romulus and Remus with the Vestal Virgin Rhea Silvia, making him the divine ancestor of the Roman people.

Mars is a war god, and he is also something Ares almost never is: an ancestor. With the Vestal **Rhea Silvia** he fathered Romulus and Remus, which makes him divine grandfather of the Roman people. The Campus Martius, the army's field, carried his name. So did the month of March, when campaigning weather returned and the Salii danced with the sacred shields.