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110<style class="wpcode-css-snippet">/* RM Utility Pages CSS
111   WPCode > Add Snippet > CSS Snippet > Auto Insert > Site Wide Header.
112   Sections 17-19, split out of style-cleaned.css: Additional CSS silently
113   stopped persisting once the file passed roughly 85KB, so the newest rules
114   never reached the page even though the paste appeared to succeed. */
115
116/* === 17. STATIC PAGES — About, Editorial, Privacy, Terms, Contact ======= */
117/* These are authored in the editor, so there is no wrapper class to hang the
118   layout on. Scoped to Pages that are NOT one of our shell templates, which
119   render their own markup and must not be touched. */
120
121body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-arc-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-sres-wrap)) .site-main,
122body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-arc-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-sres-wrap)) .inside-article{
123  background:var(--rm-card);
124}
125
126/* One reading column on the same centred measure as everything else, capped
127   at 720px because a legal page is sustained reading, not a scannable list. */
128body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-arc-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-sres-wrap)) .entry-content,
129body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-arc-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-sres-wrap)) [class*="rm-page-hero"]{
130  max-width:720px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;
131  padding-left:var(--rm-idx-gutter); padding-right:var(--rm-idx-gutter);
132}
133
134/* ---------- page hero ---------- */
135.rm-page-hero-title{
136  font-family:'Newsreader',Georgia,serif; font-optical-sizing:auto; font-weight:600;
137  font-size:clamp(30px,3.2vw,42px); line-height:1.2; letter-spacing:-.02em;
138  color:var(--rm-ink); margin:0 0 14px;
139}
140
141/* ---------- document prose ---------- */
142.rm-doc-scope h2,
143body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content h2{
144  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-style:normal;
145  font-weight:590; font-size:24px; line-height:31.92px;
146  color:var(--rm-ink); margin:42px 0 12px; scroll-margin-top:96px;
147}
148body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content h2:first-child{ margin-top:0; }
149body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content h3{
150  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-style:normal;
151  font-weight:590; font-size:20px; line-height:26.6px;
152  color:var(--rm-ink); margin:28px 0 8px;
153}
154body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content p{
155  font-size:calc(var(--rm-pbase) * var(--rm-pscale));
156  line-height:var(--rm-plh); color:var(--rm-body); margin:0 0 18px;
157}
158body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content ul,
159body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content ol{ margin:0 0 18px; padding-left:20px; }
160body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content li{
161  font-size:calc(var(--rm-pbase) * var(--rm-pscale) * .96);
162  line-height:var(--rm-plh); color:var(--rm-body); margin:0 0 8px;
163}
164body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content a{
165  color:var(--rm-accent); border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-accent-line); text-decoration:none;
166}
167body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content a:hover{ border-bottom-color:var(--rm-accent); }
168
169/* the standfirst: first paragraph after the hero reads as a dek */
170body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content > p:first-of-type{
171  font-size:19px; line-height:1.55; letter-spacing:-.012em;
172  color:var(--rm-dek); margin-bottom:26px;
173}
174
175/* last-updated line, if the page carries one */
176body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content p.upd{
177  font-size:12px; color:var(--rm-faint); margin:0 0 30px;
178}
179
180@media(max-width:560px){
181  body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-arc-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-sres-wrap)) .entry-content,
182  body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-arc-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-sres-wrap)) [class*="rm-page-hero"]{
183    padding-left:22px; padding-right:22px;
184  }
185}
186
187/* === 18. UTILITY PAGES — .rm-util (About, and any page built the same) === */
188/* The :not(:has(.rm-util)) scoping in section 17 keeps its typography off this
189   page, but it took the white background rule with it, so --rm-bg showed
190   through everywhere outside the shell. Restated here for .rm-util pages. */
191body:has(.rm-util),
192body:has(.rm-util) #page,
193body:has(.rm-util) .site-content,
194body:has(.rm-util) .content-area,
195body:has(.rm-util) .site-main,
196body:has(.rm-util) .inside-article,
197body:has(.rm-util) .entry-content{ background:var(--rm-card); }
198
199/* and the GP panel padding, so .rm-util measures against the viewport like the
200   other shells rather than against an inset box */
201body:has(.rm-util) #page,
202body:has(.rm-util) .site-content,
203body:has(.rm-util) .content-area,
204body:has(.rm-util) .site-main,
205body:has(.rm-util) .inside-article,
206body:has(.rm-util) .entry-content{
207  max-width:none; width:100%;
208  margin-left:0; margin-right:0;
209  padding-left:0; padding-right:0;
210  border:0; box-shadow:none;
211}
212
213/* Markup is a Custom HTML block in the page body, so this page carries its own
214   hero and must be excluded from the Page Hero element's display rules.
215   Shares the shell's measure and the article's sidebar width, so it lines up
216   with every other template. */
217
218.rm-util{
219  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; color:var(--rm-ink);
220  padding-left:max(var(--rm-idx-gutter), calc((100% - var(--rm-shell-measure)) / 2));
221  padding-right:max(var(--rm-idx-gutter), calc((100% - var(--rm-shell-measure)) / 2));
222  /* Same three tracks as every other template: 230 rail, fluid middle, aside.
223     The left track is empty unless the page supplies a .u-nav, but keeping it
224     means the hero and the prose start on the same vertical as the archive,
225     the article, and the index pages. */
226  display:grid; grid-template-columns:230px minmax(0,1fr) var(--rm-aside-w);
227  column-gap:52px; align-items:start;
228}
229/* .u-doc is a wrapper in the markup, not a layout box. Dissolving it lets its
230   children become grid items of .rm-util so all three columns share one grid. */
231.u-doc{ display:contents; }
232.u-hero{ grid-column:2 / -1; }
233.u-main{ grid-column:2; padding:38px 0 64px; }
234.u-toc{ grid-column:3; padding:38px 0 64px; }
235.u-nav{ grid-column:1; padding:38px 24px 64px 0; border-right:1px solid var(--rm-line); }
236
237/* ---------- hero ---------- */
238.u-hero{ padding:48px 0 40px; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line); }
239.u-eyebrow{
240  font-size:12px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:.1em; text-transform:uppercase;
241  color:var(--rm-accent); margin-bottom:16px;
242}
243.rm-util .u-title{
244  font-family:'Newsreader',Georgia,serif; font-optical-sizing:auto; font-weight:600;
245  font-size:clamp(30px,3.2vw,42px); line-height:1.2; letter-spacing:-.02em;
246  margin:0 0 14px; color:var(--rm-ink);
247}
248.rm-util .u-dek{
249  font-size:19px; line-height:1.55; letter-spacing:-.012em;
250  color:var(--rm-dek); margin:0; max-width:60ch;
251}
252/* The oxblood rule under the dek is dropped; the hero's own bottom border
253   already separates it from the body. The markup still emits the div, so it
254   is hidden here rather than left as an unexplained gap. */
255.rm-accent-bar{ display:none; }
256
257/* The last-updated line was inheriting the dek's size and sitting right under
258   it, so the two read as one block. Matched structurally as the paragraph
259   after the dek, since the markup carries no class for it, with the likely
260   class names covered too in case one is added later. */
261.rm-util .u-stamp,
262.rm-util .u-hero .u-dek + p{
263  /* it is a span in the markup, so it needs to be a block before a top margin
264     will do anything */
265  display:block;
266  margin:26px 0 0;
267  font-size:12.5px; line-height:1.4; letter-spacing:.02em;
268  color:var(--rm-faint);
269}
270
271/* ---------- two columns ---------- */
272.u-main{ min-width:0; }
273
274 /* Body prose matches the site: 17px on 27.2px, via the same tokens the
275    article uses, so the reader's text-size control moves it too. */
276.rm-util .u-lead,
277.rm-util .u-section p{
278  font-size:calc(var(--rm-pbase) * var(--rm-pscale));
279  line-height:var(--rm-plh);
280  color:var(--rm-body);
281}
282.rm-util .u-lead{ margin:0 0 30px; }
283.rm-util .u-section{ margin:0 0 40px; }
284.rm-util .u-section p{ margin:0 0 16px; }
285
286/* ---------- section heading with a rule running off to the right ---------- */
287.u-sec{ display:flex; align-items:center; gap:16px; margin:0 0 22px; }
288
289/* Bare h2s in the body fell through to the theme default and came out large
290   and sans, while Mediavine's appended h2 was already picking up section 19's
291   Newsreader. Both now read the same. */
292/* Matches .single .entry-content h2 exactly: Inter 590 at 24/31.92. Newsreader
293   is reserved for page titles and deks, not section headings. */
294.rm-util h2,
295.rm-util .u-sec h2{
296  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-style:normal;
297  font-weight:590; font-size:24px; line-height:31.92px;
298  color:var(--rm-ink); margin:42px 0 12px; scroll-margin-top:96px;
299}
300/* inside .u-sec the heading sits on one line beside its rule */
301.rm-util .u-sec h2{ margin:0; white-space:nowrap; }
302.rm-util h3{
303  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-style:normal;
304  font-weight:590; font-size:20px; line-height:26.6px;
305  color:var(--rm-ink); margin:28px 0 8px;
306}
307.u-sec .line{ flex:1; height:1px; background:var(--rm-line); }
308
309/* ---------- stats ---------- */
310.u-stats{
311  display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr); gap:1px;
312  background:var(--rm-line); border:1px solid var(--rm-line);
313  border-radius:10px; overflow:hidden; margin:0 0 34px;
314}
315.u-stat{ background:var(--rm-card); padding:26px 22px 22px; }
316.u-stat .n{
317  font-family:'Newsreader',Georgia,serif; font-weight:600; font-size:28px;
318  line-height:1.1; letter-spacing:-.02em; color:var(--rm-ink);
319}
320.u-stat .l{
321  margin-top:8px; font-size:11px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:.1em;
322  /* tight, because "Latin and Greek sources" wraps to two lines and inherited
323     body leading opened a visible gap between them */
324  line-height:1.35;
325  text-transform:uppercase; color:var(--rm-faint);
326}
327
328/* ---------- cards ---------- */
329.u-cards{ display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr); gap:14px; }
330.rm-util .u-card{
331  display:block; text-decoration:none; border:0;
332  border:1px solid var(--rm-line); border-radius:10px; padding:20px;
333  transition:border-color .16s, transform .16s;
334}
335.rm-util .u-card:hover{ border-color:var(--rm-line-2); transform:translateY(-2px); }
336.u-card .ic{ display:block; color:var(--rm-accent); margin-bottom:12px; }
337.u-card .ic svg{ width:22px; height:22px; stroke-linecap:round; stroke-linejoin:round; }
338.rm-util .u-card h3{
339  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-weight:560; font-size:16px;
340  letter-spacing:-.018em; margin:0 0 6px; color:var(--rm-ink);
341}
342.rm-util .u-card p{ font-size:13.5px; line-height:1.55; color:var(--rm-muted); margin:0 0 12px; }
343.u-card .go{ font-size:12.5px; font-weight:500; color:var(--rm-accent); }
344
345/* ---------- principles ---------- */
346.u-princ{ display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr); gap:26px; }
347.u-princ .num{
348  font-family:'Newsreader',Georgia,serif; font-size:20px; font-style:italic;
349  color:var(--rm-accent); margin-bottom:8px;
350}
351.rm-util .u-princ h3{
352  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-weight:560; font-size:16px;
353  letter-spacing:-.018em; margin:0 0 6px; color:var(--rm-ink);
354}
355.rm-util .u-princ p{ font-size:13.5px; line-height:1.6; color:var(--rm-muted); margin:0; }
356
357/* ---------- on this page ---------- */
358.u-toc{ position:sticky; top:96px; }
359.u-nav{ position:sticky; top:96px; }
360.u-nav-h{
361  font-size:10px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:.14em; text-transform:uppercase;
362  color:var(--rm-faint); margin:0 0 12px;
363}
364.u-nav-h + .u-nav-h,
365.rm-util .u-nav a + .u-nav-h{ margin-top:26px; }
366.rm-util .u-nav a{
367  display:block; padding:7px 0; border:0;
368  font-size:13.5px; line-height:1.4; color:var(--rm-muted); text-decoration:none;
369}
370.rm-util .u-nav a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
371.rm-util .u-nav a.on{ color:var(--rm-accent); font-weight:500; }
372
373.rm-util .u-toc h4{
374  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif;
375  font-size:10px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:.14em; text-transform:uppercase;
376  color:var(--rm-faint); margin:0 0 12px;
377}
378.rm-util .u-toc a{
379  display:block; padding:8px 0 8px 15px; margin-left:-1px;
380  border:0; border-left:1px solid var(--rm-line);
381  font-size:13px; line-height:1.45; color:var(--rm-muted); text-decoration:none;
382}
383.rm-util .u-toc a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); border-left-color:var(--rm-accent); }
384
385@media(max-width:1200px){
386  .rm-util{ grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) var(--rm-aside-w); }
387  .u-hero{ grid-column:1 / -1; }
388  .u-main{ grid-column:1; }
389  .u-toc{ grid-column:2; }
390  .u-nav{ display:none; }
391}
392@media(max-width:900px){
393  .rm-util{ grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr); }
394  .u-hero,.u-main,.u-toc{ grid-column:1; }
395  .u-toc{ display:none; }
396}
397@media(max-width:820px){
398  .u-stats{ grid-template-columns:1fr; }
399  .u-cards{ grid-template-columns:1fr; }
400  .u-princ{ grid-template-columns:1fr; gap:22px; }
401  .rm-util .u-sec h2{ white-space:normal; }
402}
403@media(max-width:560px){
404  .rm-util{ padding-left:22px; padding-right:22px; }
405}
406
407/* === 19. MEDIAVINE APPENDED NOTICE — siblings after .rm-util ============ */
408/* Mediavine writes its advertising privacy notice into .entry-content AFTER
409   the .rm-util block, so it is a sibling rather than a grid item and arrives
410   with no gutter and no typography. These rules put it in the same 666px
411   column the prose above it uses, so the page reads as one document.
412
413   Written against element selectors because the injected markup is not ours
414   and its classes can change without notice. */
415
416:root{
417  /* the gutter .rm-util resolves to, reused so the appended block lines up */
418  --rm-util-gutter:max(var(--rm-idx-gutter), calc((100% - var(--rm-shell-measure)) / 2));
419  --rm-util-lead:282px;   /* 230 rail + 52 gap  */
420  --rm-util-trail:292px;  /* 240 aside + 52 gap */
421}
422
423.entry-content .rm-util ~ *{
424  box-sizing:border-box;
425  max-width:none;
426  margin-left:0; margin-right:0;
427  padding-left:calc(var(--rm-util-gutter) + var(--rm-util-lead));
428  padding-right:calc(var(--rm-util-gutter) + var(--rm-util-trail));
429  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif;
430  color:var(--rm-body);
431}
432
433/* Mediavine nests part of its notice inside wrapper divs, so the sibling
434   selector alone reached only the top-level elements. Each rule now also
435   matches descendants. */
436.entry-content .rm-util ~ h1,  .entry-content .rm-util ~ * h1,
437.entry-content .rm-util ~ h2,  .entry-content .rm-util ~ * h2{
438  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-style:normal;
439  font-weight:590; font-size:24px; line-height:31.92px;
440  color:var(--rm-ink); margin:42px 0 12px; scroll-margin-top:96px;
441}
442.entry-content .rm-util ~ h3,  .entry-content .rm-util ~ * h3{
443  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-style:normal;
444  font-weight:590; font-size:20px; line-height:26.6px;
445  color:var(--rm-ink); margin:28px 0 8px;
446}
447/* Mediavine nests h4 and h5 several levels deep for what are really minor
448   subheads, so they step down rather than matching h3. */
449.entry-content .rm-util ~ h4,  .entry-content .rm-util ~ * h4,
450.entry-content .rm-util ~ h5,  .entry-content .rm-util ~ * h5{
451  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-style:normal;
452  font-weight:590; font-size:17px; line-height:1.4;
453  color:var(--rm-ink); margin:26px 0 8px;
454}
455.entry-content .rm-util ~ p,
456.entry-content .rm-util ~ * p{
457  font-size:calc(var(--rm-pbase) * var(--rm-pscale));
458  line-height:var(--rm-plh); margin:0 0 16px;
459}
460.entry-content .rm-util ~ ul,  .entry-content .rm-util ~ * ul,
461.entry-content .rm-util ~ ol,  .entry-content .rm-util ~ * ol{
462  margin:0 0 18px; padding-left:22px; list-style-position:outside;
463}
464.entry-content .rm-util ~ ul,
465.entry-content .rm-util ~ ol{
466  /* Top-level lists carry the column padding, so their bullet indent sits on
467     top of it rather than replacing it.
468
469     !important and the logical property are both needed: Mediavine writes
470     style="padding-inline-start:0" onto some of these lists, and an inline
471     declaration beats any selector no matter how specific. Setting
472     padding-left alone would also lose, since padding-inline-start resolves
473     to padding-left in a left-to-right document and the inline one wins. */
474  padding-inline-start:calc(var(--rm-util-gutter) + var(--rm-util-lead) + 22px) !important;
475}
476
477/* Where Mediavine has turned the markers off there is no bullet to make room
478   for, so those lists sit flush with the prose instead of indented by 22. */
479.entry-content .rm-util ~ ul[style*="list-style-type: none"],
480.entry-content .rm-util ~ ol[style*="list-style-type: none"],
481.entry-content .rm-util ~ ul[style*="list-style-type:none"],
482.entry-content .rm-util ~ ol[style*="list-style-type:none"]{
483  padding-inline-start:calc(var(--rm-util-gutter) + var(--rm-util-lead)) !important;
484}
485.entry-content .rm-util ~ ul li,  .entry-content .rm-util ~ * ul li,
486.entry-content .rm-util ~ ol li,  .entry-content .rm-util ~ * ol li{
487  font-size:calc(var(--rm-pbase) * var(--rm-pscale) * .94);
488  line-height:var(--rm-plh); margin:0 0 8px;
489}
490.entry-content .rm-util ~ a,
491.entry-content .rm-util ~ * a{
492  color:var(--rm-accent); text-decoration:none;
493  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-accent-line);
494  /* the notice is mostly bare URLs, which otherwise overflow the column */
495  overflow-wrap:anywhere;
496}
497
498/* Mediavine underlines its own subheadings; ours are distinguished by weight
499   and family instead. */
500.entry-content .rm-util ~ :is(h1,h2,h3,h4,h5),
501.entry-content .rm-util ~ * :is(h1,h2,h3,h4,h5){ text-decoration:none; }
502.entry-content .rm-util ~ :is(h1,h2,h3,h4,h5) a,
503.entry-content .rm-util ~ * :is(h1,h2,h3,h4,h5) a{ border-bottom:0; color:inherit; }
504.entry-content .rm-util ~ * a:hover{ border-bottom-color:var(--rm-accent); }
505
506/* Mediavine's notice runs long and is often mostly links and vendor names, so
507   it is set a shade quieter than the policy you wrote above it. */
508.entry-content .rm-util ~ *,
509.entry-content .rm-util ~ * *{ font-size:15.5px; }
510
511.entry-content .rm-util ~ table{ border-collapse:collapse; width:auto; }
512.entry-content .rm-util ~ table td,
513.entry-content .rm-util ~ table th{
514  border:1px solid var(--rm-line); padding:8px 12px;
515  font-size:14px; text-align:left; vertical-align:top;
516}
517
518@media(max-width:1200px){
519  .entry-content .rm-util ~ ul,
520  .entry-content .rm-util ~ ol{
521    padding-inline-start:calc(var(--rm-util-gutter) + 22px) !important;
522  }
523  .entry-content .rm-util ~ ul[style*="list-style-type: none"],
524  .entry-content .rm-util ~ ol[style*="list-style-type: none"],
525  .entry-content .rm-util ~ ul[style*="list-style-type:none"],
526  .entry-content .rm-util ~ ol[style*="list-style-type:none"]{
527    padding-inline-start:var(--rm-util-gutter) !important;
528  }
529  .entry-content .rm-util ~ *{
530    padding-left:var(--rm-util-gutter);
531    padding-right:calc(var(--rm-util-gutter) + var(--rm-util-trail));
532  }
533}
534@media(max-width:900px){
535  .entry-content .rm-util ~ *{
536    padding-left:var(--rm-util-gutter);
537    padding-right:var(--rm-util-gutter);
538  }
539}
540@media(max-width:560px){
541  .entry-content .rm-util ~ *{ padding-left:22px; padding-right:22px; }
542}
543
544/* === 20. ARTICLE TABLES IN DARK MODE ==================================== */
545/* On the symbols quick-reference table the linked god names went invisible in
546   dark mode while the unlinked ones stayed readable: plain text reads --rm-ink
547   and flips, but something inside the table was holding the links at a dark
548   value that section 4's .single .entry-content a never won against.
549
550   !important is deliberate here. It is the only thing that beats a colour set
551   in a style attribute, and the override is scoped to links inside article
552   tables so it cannot leak into prose links. */
553
554[data-theme="dark"] .entry-content table a,
555[data-theme="dark"] .entry-content table a:visited{
556  color:var(--rm-accent) !important;
557  border-bottom-color:var(--rm-accent-line) !important;
558}
559[data-theme="dark"] .entry-content table a:hover{
560  border-bottom-color:var(--rm-accent) !important;
561}
562
563/* The symbols table's own cells are fixed at source now, so no !important
564   guard is needed here. Forcing td colour would have flattened the bold god
565   names back into body colour. */
566
567/* and let a wide table scroll rather than overflow the reading column */
568.entry-content table{ max-width:100%; }
569
570
571/* === 21. HOMEPAGE FRAME, BOTTOM EDGE IN DARK MODE ====================== */
572/* .rm-frame is the hero device on the homepage: a cropped sample of an
573   article page. It carries border-radius 12px 12px 0 0 and border-bottom:0
574   on purpose, so the panel reads as running off the bottom rather than as a
575   closed box.
576
577   In light mode the bottom edge is drawn entirely by the first shadow layer,
578   0 1px 2px rgba(20,22,26,.04), which lands as a hairline under the box. On
579   a dark ground that shadow is near-black on #101113 and contributes nothing,
580   and --rm-card #17181b against --rm-bg #101113 is too close to carry the
581   edge by contrast alone. The panel just stops, which is why it looked
582   unfinished on mobile.
583
584   Section 0 already establishes the fix pattern: shadows read as grime on a
585   dark ground, so the dark overrides at lines 114 to 122 of the main sheet
586   trade box-shadow for a border. The frame does the same. A 1px --rm-line
587   rule is the dark equivalent of the light hairline, it matches the left and
588   right borders that already read correctly, and it leaves the square bottom
589   corners alone so the crop still looks deliberate.
590
591   Placed here rather than in the Customizer because that file is at 80.1KB,
592   against the ~85KB silent save ceiling. This snippet loads site wide, so a
593   homepage rule works from here. */
594
595[data-theme="dark"] .rm-frame{
596  box-shadow:none;
597  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
598}
599
600
601/* === 22. CONTACT PAGE — .u-form and .u-side ============================ */
602/* The Contact page runs on the same .rm-util grid as About, Terms, and
603   References, so sections 17 and 18 already cover the hero, the rail, and
604   the prose. Only two things are new: the WPForms output inside the middle
605   column, and a right-hand column of standing information rather than a
606   table of contents.
607
608   The markup is split across two Custom HTML blocks with the WPForms block
609   between them, because a Custom HTML block does not run shortcodes. See
610   28-contact-page.html. */
611
612/* ---------- the form ---------- */
613/* WPForms ships container margins and its own max-width, which fight the
614   666px column. They are cleared here rather than in the plugin's global
615   settings so any other form on the site is left alone. */
616.rm-util .u-form .wpforms-container,
617.rm-util .u-form .wpforms-container-full{ margin:0; max-width:none; }
618.rm-util .u-form .wpforms-form{ margin:0; }
619.rm-util .u-form .wpforms-field{ padding:0 0 20px; }
620
621.rm-util .u-form .wpforms-field-label{
622  display:block; margin:0 0 8px;
623  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif;
624  font-size:13px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:.01em;
625  color:var(--rm-ink);
626}
627.rm-util .u-form .wpforms-required-label{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
628.rm-util .u-form .wpforms-field-sublabel{
629  margin-top:6px; font-size:11.5px; line-height:1.4; color:var(--rm-faint);
630}
631
632/* Typed as attribute selectors rather than .wpforms-field-medium, because the
633   size class changes with the field width setting and would silently stop
634   matching if the form is edited. */
635.rm-util .u-form input[type="text"],
636.rm-util .u-form input[type="email"],
637.rm-util .u-form input[type="tel"],
638.rm-util .u-form input[type="url"],
639.rm-util .u-form textarea,
640.rm-util .u-form select{
641  width:100%; max-width:none; box-sizing:border-box;
642  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif;
643  font-size:15px; line-height:1.5;
644  color:var(--rm-ink); background:var(--rm-card);
645  border:1px solid var(--rm-line-2); border-radius:8px;
646  padding:11px 13px;
647  transition:border-color .16s, box-shadow .16s;
648}
649.rm-util .u-form textarea{ min-height:150px; resize:vertical; }
650
651.rm-util .u-form input:focus,
652.rm-util .u-form textarea:focus,
653.rm-util .u-form select:focus{
654  outline:none;
655  border-color:var(--rm-accent);
656  box-shadow:0 0 0 3px var(--rm-accent-soft);
657}
658
659/* The first and last name pair. WPForms lays these out itself; this only
660   tightens the gutter and stops the sublabels reading as body copy. */
661.rm-util .u-form .wpforms-field-row{ margin-bottom:0; }
662
663.rm-util .u-form .wpforms-submit-container{ padding:6px 0 0; }
664.rm-util .u-form button[type="submit"]{
665  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif;
666  font-size:14px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:.01em;
667  color:var(--rm-on-accent); background:var(--rm-accent);
668  border:1px solid var(--rm-accent); border-radius:8px;
669  padding:12px 26px; cursor:pointer;
670  transition:filter .16s;
671}
672.rm-util .u-form button[type="submit"]:hover{ filter:brightness(1.1); }
673
674.rm-util .u-form label.wpforms-error{
675  display:block; margin-top:6px;
676  font-size:12.5px; color:var(--rm-accent);
677}
678.rm-util .u-form input.wpforms-error,
679.rm-util .u-form textarea.wpforms-error{ border-color:var(--rm-accent); }
680
681.rm-util .u-form .wpforms-confirmation-container-full{
682  margin:0; padding:18px 20px;
683  background:var(--rm-accent-soft);
684  border:1px solid var(--rm-accent-line); border-radius:10px;
685  color:var(--rm-body);
686}
687
688/* ---------- standing information column ---------- */
689/* .u-side rather than .u-toc. The table-of-contents column is hidden below
690   900px, which is right for a list of anchors on a page you can scroll, and
691   wrong for the email address: on a phone that is the thing most people came
692   for. So this column keeps .u-toc's placement and stickiness but drops below
693   the form instead of disappearing. */
694.u-side{
695  grid-column:3; padding:38px 0 64px;
696  position:sticky; top:96px;
697}
698.rm-util .u-side .u-info + .u-info{ margin-top:24px; }
699.rm-util .u-side h4{
700  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif;
701  font-size:10px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:.14em; text-transform:uppercase;
702  color:var(--rm-faint); margin:0 0 8px;
703}
704.rm-util .u-side p{
705  font-size:13px; line-height:1.55; color:var(--rm-muted); margin:0;
706}
707.rm-util .u-side a{
708  color:var(--rm-accent); text-decoration:none;
709  border:0; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-accent-line);
710}
711.rm-util .u-side a:hover{ border-bottom-color:var(--rm-accent); }
712
713@media(max-width:1200px){
714  .u-side{ grid-column:2; }
715}
716@media(max-width:900px){
717  .u-side{
718    grid-column:1; position:static; top:auto;
719    padding:8px 0 64px;
720    border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line);
721  }
722  .rm-util .u-side .u-info{ margin-top:24px; }
723}
724@media(max-width:820px){
725  /* two up rather than one long stack, since each card is two lines */
726  .rm-util .u-side{
727    display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr); gap:24px;
728  }
729  .rm-util .u-side .u-info,
730  .rm-util .u-side .u-info + .u-info{ margin-top:0; }
731}
732@media(max-width:560px){
733  .rm-util .u-side{ grid-template-columns:1fr; }
734}
735
736
737/* === 23. A–Z FILTER ROW ================================================ */
738/* Ported from the retired All Posts page, which is the only thing that page
739   did better than the A-Z directory. The markup comes from [rm_az] in the RM
740   Index Pages snippet.
741
742   .rm-az-hidden is display:none rather than visibility, so a filtered-out
743   entry gives up its space and the letter sections close up instead of
744   leaving gaps down the column. */
745
746.rm-az-tools{
747  display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:space-between;
748  gap:16px; flex-wrap:wrap;
749  padding:20px 0 0;
750}
751.rm-az-filter{
752  flex:1 1 260px; min-width:0; box-sizing:border-box;
753  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.5;
754  color:var(--rm-ink); background:var(--rm-card);
755  border:1px solid var(--rm-line-2); border-radius:8px;
756  padding:10px 13px;
757  transition:border-color .16s, box-shadow .16s;
758}
759.rm-az-filter:focus{
760  outline:none;
761  border-color:var(--rm-accent);
762  box-shadow:0 0 0 3px var(--rm-accent-soft);
763}
764.rm-az-count{ font-size:12.5px; color:var(--rm-faint); white-space:nowrap; }
765
766.rm-az-empty{
767  margin:22px 0 0; padding:18px 20px;
768  font-size:14px; color:var(--rm-muted);
769  border:1px solid var(--rm-line); border-radius:10px;
770  background:var(--rm-card-alt);
771}
772
773.rm-az-hidden{ display:none !important; }
774
775@media(max-width:560px){
776  .rm-az-tools{ gap:10px; }
777  .rm-az-count{ order:2; }
778}</style><!-- RM Reader Boot -->
779<!-- WPCode › HTML Snippet › Site Wide Header -->
780<!-- Applies the saved theme and text size to <html> before the browser
781     paints. Without this, a reader who chose dark mode sees a white flash
782     on every page load. Must stay in the header, above the stylesheet. -->
783<script>
784(function () {
785	try {
786		var d = document.documentElement;
787
788		var theme = (document.cookie.match(/(?:^|;\s*)rm_theme=([^;]*)/) || [])[1];
789		theme = theme ? decodeURIComponent(theme) : '';
790
791		/* No stored choice: follow the operating system on a first visit. */
792		if (!theme && window.matchMedia &&
793			window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches) {
794			theme = 'dark';
795		}
796		if (theme === 'dark') { d.setAttribute('data-theme', 'dark'); }
797
798		var size = (document.cookie.match(/(?:^|;\s*)rm_size=([^;]*)/) || [])[1];
799		size = size ? decodeURIComponent(size) : '';
800		if (size === 'l') { d.setAttribute('data-psize', 'l'); }
801	} catch (e) {}
802})();
803</script>
803<link rel="icon" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cropped-roman-mythology-site-icon-32x32.png" sizes="32x32" />
804<link rel="icon" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cropped-roman-mythology-site-icon-192x192.png" sizes="192x192" />
805<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cropped-roman-mythology-site-icon-180x180.png" />
806<meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cropped-roman-mythology-site-icon-270x270.png" />
807<style id="wp-custom-css">
808/* ==========================================================================
809   ROMAN MYTHOLOGY — Site stylesheet
810   Paste the WHOLE file into Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS,
811   replacing everything that is there now.
812
813   Sections:  0 Tokens · 1 Body base · 2 Shared .rm primitives · 3 Header logo + nav
814              4 Article (.single) · 7 Search · 8 Reader controls
815              9 Category rail · 10 Footer · 11 Block tables · 12 Ad spacing
816              13 Cite box · 14 Index pages (A–Z, calendar, categories, 404)
817              15 Category archive (.rm-arc-*) · 16 All Roman Gods index
818              Sections 5 and 6 were removed. 17 to 23 live in the WPCode
819              snippet "RM Utility Pages CSS"; the homepage layout lives in
820              the WPCode snippet "RM Homepage CSS", front page only.
821
822   Colours are now tokens. Changing a value in section 0 changes it
823   everywhere, and dark mode works because every component reads from the
824   same set. Accent is oxblood #9A2D2D, lifting to #D2665A in dark.
825   ========================================================================== */
826
827
828/* === 0. TOKENS ========================================================== */
829
830:root{
831  /* surfaces */
832  --rm-bg:#f7f7f5;          /* page */
833  --rm-card:#ffffff;        /* anything raised */
834  --rm-card-alt:#fbfbfa;    /* table key column, subtle fills */
835  --rm-hover:#f0efec;
836
837  /* rules */
838  --rm-line:#ececeb;
839  --rm-line-2:#dcdcdb;
840  --rm-line-3:#cbced3;
841
842  /* text */
843  --rm-ink:#1e2024;         /* headings, strong UI */
844  --rm-body:#33363b;        /* article prose */
845  --rm-muted:#6c7078;       /* secondary UI */
846  --rm-faint:#9a9ea6;       /* captions, counts, metadata */
847  --rm-dek:#4a4f57;
848
849  /* accent */
850  --rm-accent:#9A2D2D;
851  --rm-accent-soft:#FBF2F1;
852  --rm-accent-line:#EFDAD8;
853
854  /* top offset for the rail and the aside, so both line up with the
855     article eyebrow. GeneratePress adds 40px content padding above the
856     kicker; the extra 2px accounts for its smaller cap height. */
857  --rm-side-top:56px;
858
859  /* Article right sidebar. The reading column is flex:1, so narrowing this
860     widens the article by the same amount. */
861  --rm-aside-w:240px;
862
863  /* Content measure for the shells: the article's 1340px container minus
864     its two 50px gutters. The shells centre this figure arithmetically
865     rather than with auto margins, so they land on the masthead's vertical
866     at any viewport. Change this and the archive, index pages, and search
867     all rewidth together. */
868  --rm-shell-measure:1240px;
869
870  /* Left gutter for the index and archive shells. The masthead sits at 28px
871     inside a 1340px wrap; these shells nest inside GeneratePress's container
872     as well, so they need a little more to line up with the wordmark. Raise
873     or lower this one value to move the whole left rail. */
874  --rm-idx-gutter:50px;
875
876  /* reading scale — S is default, L is the reader's larger option */
877  --rm-pbase:17px;
878  --rm-plh:1.6;
879  --rm-pscale:1;
880}
881
882[data-psize="l"]{ --rm-pscale:1.0588; }   /* 18px / 28.8px */
883
884[data-theme="dark"]{
885  --rm-bg:#101113;
886  --rm-card:#17181b;
887  --rm-card-alt:#1d1f22;
888  --rm-hover:#1d1f22;
889
890  --rm-line:rgba(255,255,255,.13);
891  --rm-line-2:rgba(255,255,255,.20);
892  --rm-line-3:rgba(255,255,255,.28);
893
894  --rm-ink:#e9eaec;
895  --rm-body:#b7bac0;
896  --rm-muted:#8a8e95;
897  --rm-faint:#666a71;
898  --rm-dek:#a9adb5;
899
900  /* #9A2D2D is far too dark to read on a dark ground, so it lifts */
901  --rm-accent:#D2665A;
902  --rm-accent-soft:#1A1210;
903  --rm-accent-line:#43241F;
904
905  color-scheme:dark;
906}
907
908/* Light type on a dark ground optically gains weight, so it gives some back. */
909[data-theme="dark"] h1,
910[data-theme="dark"] h2,
911[data-theme="dark"] .entry-title{ font-weight:450; }
912
913/* Shadows read as grime on a dark ground. */
914[data-theme="dark"] .single .rm-rel:hover{ box-shadow:none; }
915[data-theme="dark"] .single .rm-rel:hover{ border-color:var(--rm-line-2); }
916
917@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){
918  *,*::before,*::after{
919    animation-duration:.01ms !important;
920    transition-duration:.01ms !important;
921    scroll-behavior:auto !important;
922  }
923}
924
925
926/* === 1. GLOBAL BODY ===================================================== */
927body{
928  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif;
929  font-style:normal;
930  font-weight:400;
931  font-size:17px;
932  line-height:27.2px;
933  background-color:var(--rm-bg);
934  color:var(--rm-ink);
935}
936a{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
937hr{ border:0; border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line); }
938::selection{ background:var(--rm-accent-soft); color:var(--rm-ink); }
939:focus-visible{ outline:2px solid var(--rm-accent); outline-offset:3px; }
940
941
942/* === 2. SHARED .rm PRIMITIVES ========================================== */
943/* The homepage layout moved to the WPCode CSS snippet "RM Homepage CSS",
944   which loads on the front page only. What stays here are the primitives,
945   because .rm is also carried by the category archive, the index pages, and
946   the search results wrapper, all of which need the resets below.
947
948   Anything homepage-specific belongs in the snippet, not here. */
949
950.rm{
951  background:var(--rm-card); color:var(--rm-ink);
952  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; line-height:1.6;
953}
954.rm *{ box-sizing:border-box; }
955.rm h1,.rm h2,.rm h3,.rm h4{ font-weight:560; letter-spacing:-.028em; margin:0; }
956.rm p{ margin:0; }
957.rm a{ color:inherit; text-decoration:none; }
958.rm-mono{ font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace; }
959
960/* === 3. HEADER — custom element ======================================== */
961/* The GeneratePress header and navigation are replaced by the "RM Header"
962   Hook Element on generate_before_header. Both are hidden here. */
963
964.site-header,
965.main-navigation{ display:none !important; }
966
967.rm-header{
968  position:sticky; top:0; z-index:50;
969  background:color-mix(in srgb, var(--rm-card) 94%, transparent);
970  backdrop-filter:blur(8px);
971  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
972  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif;
973}
974/* Same gutter as the index and archive shells, so the wordmark starts on the
975   same vertical as the category rail below it. */
976.rm-head-wrap{
977  max-width:1340px; margin:0 auto;
978  padding-left:var(--rm-idx-gutter); padding-right:var(--rm-idx-gutter);
979  height:72px; display:flex; align-items:center; gap:28px;
980}
981
982/* logo */
983.rm-logo{ display:inline-flex; align-items:center; text-decoration:none; flex:none; }
984/* The .com sits in the faint tone so the wordmark reads as a domain without
985   the suffix competing with the name. */
986.rm-logo-tld,
987.rm-flogo-tld{ color:var(--rm-faint); font-weight:600; }
988.rm-logo-word{
989  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-weight:800;
990  font-size:1.2rem; letter-spacing:-.012em;
991  color:var(--rm-ink); line-height:1.1;
992}
993
994/* primary nav */
995.rm-nav{ display:flex; align-items:center; gap:28px; margin:0 auto; }
996.rm-nav a{
997  font-size:10px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:.09em; text-transform:uppercase;
998  color:var(--rm-muted); text-decoration:none; white-space:nowrap;
999}
1000.rm-nav a:hover{ color:var(--rm-ink); }
1001.rm-nav a[aria-current="page"],
1002.rm-nav a.on{ color:var(--rm-ink); font-weight:700; }
1003
1004/* right cluster */
1005.rm-head-right{ display:flex; align-items:center; gap:14px; margin-left:auto; flex:none; }
1006
1007/* visually hidden */
1008.rm-sr{
1009  position:absolute; width:1px; height:1px; padding:0; margin:-1px;
1010  overflow:hidden; clip:rect(0 0 0 0); white-space:nowrap; border:0;
1011}
1012
1013/* search */
1014.rm-header .rm-search,
1015.rm-mobile .rm-search{
1016  display:flex; align-items:center; gap:9px;
1017  height:42px; width:250px; padding:0 12px 0 14px;
1018  background:var(--rm-card); border:1px solid var(--rm-line);
1019  border-radius:11px; transition:.15s;
1020}
1021.rm-search:focus-within{ border-color:var(--rm-accent); box-shadow:0 0 0 3px var(--rm-accent-soft); }
1022.rm-search svg{ stroke:var(--rm-faint); flex:none; }
1023.rm-search input{
1024  width:100%; border:none; outline:none; background:transparent;
1025  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-size:.9rem; color:var(--rm-ink);
1026}
1027.rm-search input::placeholder{ color:var(--rm-faint); }
1028.rm-kbd{
1029  flex:none; display:grid; place-items:center;
1030  min-width:20px; height:20px; padding:0 5px;
1031  border:1px solid var(--rm-line); border-radius:5px;
1032  background:var(--rm-bg); color:var(--rm-faint);
1033  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-size:11px; line-height:1;
1034}
1035.rm-search:focus-within .rm-kbd{ opacity:0; }
1036
1037/* menu button — hidden on desktop */
1038.rm-burger{
1039  display:none; align-items:center; justify-content:center;
1040  width:40px; height:40px; padding:0;
1041  background:transparent; border:1px solid var(--rm-line);
1042  border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;
1043}
1044.rm-burger:hover{ border-color:var(--rm-line-2); }
1045.rm-burger-bars{ display:block; width:16px; }
1046.rm-burger-bars i{
1047  display:block; height:1.5px; background:var(--rm-ink);
1048  border-radius:2px; margin:3px 0;
1049}
1050.rm-burger[aria-expanded="true"]{ background:var(--rm-accent-soft); border-color:var(--rm-accent-line); }
1051
1052/* mobile panel */
1053.rm-mobile{ display:none; }
1054.rm-mnav a{
1055  display:block; padding:12px 0; text-decoration:none;
1056  font-size:15px; font-weight:500; color:var(--rm-ink);
1057  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
1058}
1059.rm-mnav a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
1060.rm-mnav a[aria-current="page"],
1061.rm-mnav a.on{ color:var(--rm-accent); font-weight:700; }
1062.rm-mobile-foot{ display:flex; justify-content:flex-start; padding:18px 0 4px; }
1063body.rm-menu-open{ overflow:hidden; }
1064
1065@media(max-width:1200px){ .rm-nav{ gap:20px; } .rm-search{ width:190px; } }
1066
1067@media(max-width:900px){
1068  .rm-head-wrap{ padding:0 22px; gap:16px; }
1069  .rm-nav{ display:none; }
1070
1071  /* The search and the reader controls live in the panel on mobile. These
1072     selectors are three deep on purpose: .rm-header .rm-search shows them at
1073     (0,2,0), so the old one-class .rm-search{display:none} never won, the row
1074     stayed wider than the phone, and the page scrolled sideways. That
1075     sideways scroll is also what made the open menu look empty: its text was
1076     pushed off the left edge rather than being the wrong colour. */
1077  .rm-header .rm-head-wrap .rm-search,
1078  .rm-header .rm-head-right > .rm-rdr{ display:none; }
1079
1080  .rm-burger{ display:inline-flex; }
1081
1082  .rm-mobile:not([hidden]){
1083    display:block;
1084    padding:6px 22px 24px;
1085    background:var(--rm-card);
1086    border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line);
1087    max-height:calc(100vh - 72px);
1088    overflow-y:auto;
1089    -webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch;
1090  }
1091  .rm-header .rm-mobile .rm-search{
1092    display:flex; width:100%; margin:12px 0 6px;
1093  }
1094  .rm-header .rm-mobile .rm-rdr{ display:inline-flex; }
1095
1096  /* nothing in the header may exceed the viewport */
1097  .rm-head-wrap{ max-width:100%; }
1098  .rm-head-right{ min-width:0; }
1099}
1100
1101/* A last guard against sideways scroll on phones. If something does overflow,
1102   it should be clipped rather than dragging the whole page off-centre. */
1103@media(max-width:900px){
1104  html, body{ overflow-x:hidden; }
1105}
1106
1107/* === 4. ARTICLE — scoped under .single ================================= */
1108/* White end to end, matching the homepage, the index pages, and the archive.
1109   Colour only; nothing here changes what is visible. */
1110body.single,
1111body.single #page,
1112body.single .site-content,
1113body.single .content-area,
1114body.single .site-main,
1115body.single .inside-article{ background:var(--rm-card); }
1116
1117/* layout: article keeps its reading width on the left, the TOC sits at the
1118   container's right edge. Hide the empty GeneratePress right sidebar that was
1119   reserving column width and pushing everything left. */
1120.single .site-content{ display:flex; align-items:flex-start; justify-content:center; gap:56px; }
1121.single #right-sidebar{ display:none; }
1122.single .content-area{ flex:0 1 720px; width:auto; max-width:720px; min-width:0; float:none; }
1123
1124/* header: dek + eyebrow under the title */
1125.single .entry-title{ font-family:'Newsreader',Georgia,serif; font-weight:600; color:var(--rm-ink); }
1126.single .rm-head-extra{ margin-top:10px; }
1127.single .rm-eyebrow{ color:var(--rm-accent); font-weight:600; font-size:.8rem; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.06em; margin-bottom:8px; }
1128.single .rm-kicker{ margin:0 0 12px; }
1129.single .rm-kicker a{ color:var(--rm-accent); text-decoration:none; border-bottom:0; }
1130.single .rm-kicker a:hover{ color:var(--rm-ink); }
1131.single .rm-dek{ font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-weight:400; font-size:1.24rem; line-height:1.5; letter-spacing:-.012em; color:var(--rm-dek); max-width:56ch; margin:0; }
1132
1133/* reading column typography — body size follows the reader's A control */
1134.single .entry-content{ font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; color:var(--rm-body); line-height:1.7; }
1135.single .entry-content p,
1136.single .entry-content li{ font-size:calc(var(--rm-pbase) * var(--rm-pscale)); line-height:var(--rm-plh); }
1137.single .entry-content h2{ font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:590; font-size:24px; line-height:31.92px; color:var(--rm-ink); margin:42px 0 12px; scroll-margin-top:96px; }
1138.single .entry-content h3{ font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:590; font-size:20px; line-height:26.6px; color:var(--rm-ink); margin:28px 0 8px; }
1139.single .entry-content p{ margin:0 0 16px; }
1140.single .entry-content a{ color:var(--rm-accent); border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-accent-line); text-decoration:none; }
1141.single .entry-content a:hover{ border-color:var(--rm-accent); }
1142.single .entry-content strong{ color:var(--rm-ink); font-weight:600; }
1143.single .entry-content > p:first-of-type::first-letter{ font-family:'Newsreader',serif; font-size:3.6rem; line-height:.8; float:left; padding:6px 12px 0 0; color:var(--rm-accent); font-weight:600; }
1144.single .entry-content blockquote{ border-left:3px solid var(--rm-accent); padding:6px 0 6px 22px; margin:26px 0; font-family:'Newsreader',serif; font-style:italic; font-size:1.35rem; line-height:1.5; color:var(--rm-ink); }
1145.single .entry-content blockquote cite{ display:block; font-style:normal; font-family:'Inter',sans-serif; font-size:.85rem; color:var(--rm-faint); margin-top:10px; }
1146.single .entry-content ul,.single .entry-content ol{ margin:0 0 16px 1.1em; }
1147.single .entry-content li{ margin:6px 0; }
1148
1149/* figures / featured image + zoom */
1150.single .entry-content figure,.single .rm-figure{ margin:26px 0 10px; }
1151.single .rm-figure{ position:relative; border-radius:18px; overflow:hidden; }
1152.single .entry-content img,.single .rm-featimg{ border-radius:18px; display:block; width:100%; height:auto; }
1153.single .rm-zoom{ cursor:zoom-in; }
1154.single .rm-zoom-hint{ position:absolute; bottom:12px; right:12px; display:inline-flex; align-items:center; gap:6px; background:rgba(20,22,26,.62); color:#fff; font-family:'Inter',sans-serif; font-size:.72rem; font-weight:500; padding:6px 11px; border-radius:100px; opacity:0; transition:.2s; }
1155.single .rm-zoom:hover .rm-zoom-hint{ opacity:1; }
1156.single .entry-content figcaption{ font-size:.82rem; color:var(--rm-faint); font-style:italic; margin-top:10px; text-align:left; }
1157
1158/* family table */
1159.single .rm-famtable{ width:100%; border-collapse:collapse; margin:6px 0 20px; background:var(--rm-card); border:1px solid var(--rm-line); border-radius:14px; overflow:hidden; }
1160.single .rm-famtable td{ padding:13px 18px; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line); font-size:1rem; vertical-align:top; }
1161.single .rm-famtable tr:last-child td{ border-bottom:none; }
1162.single .rm-famtable td.k{ width:130px; color:var(--rm-faint); font-weight:500; background:var(--rm-card-alt); }
1163
1164/* right sidebar: sticky, Key Facts + TOC */
1165.single .inside-right-sidebar{ position:sticky; top:96px; }
1166/* Same guard as the rail. The aside is an article device, but its element
1167   was rendering on Pages too, where it has no layout rules and drops into
1168   the flow as a stray "On This Page" block. */
1169.rm-aside{ display:none; }
1170.single .rm-aside{ display:flex; flex-direction:column; gap:26px; flex:0 0 var(--rm-aside-w); margin-top:0; align-self:start; }
1171.single .rm-fact-card{ background:var(--rm-card); border:1px solid var(--rm-line); border-radius:10px; overflow:hidden; }
1172.single .rm-fact-head{ padding:12px 18px; background:var(--rm-card-alt); border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line); }
1173/* Same note as the TOC heading: relabelled in CSS for now. */
1174.single .rm-fact-head h4{ font-size:0; margin:0; }
1175.single .rm-fact-head h4::before{
1176  content:"Quick Facts";
1177  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-size:11px; font-weight:600;
1178  letter-spacing:.11em; text-transform:uppercase; color:var(--rm-muted);
1179}
1180.single .rm-facts{ padding:0 18px 6px; }
1181.single .rm-fact{ display:grid; grid-template-columns:80px 1fr; gap:12px; padding:13px 0; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line); }
1182.single .rm-fact:last-child{ border-bottom:none; }
1183.single .rm-fact .l{ color:var(--rm-faint); font-weight:400; font-size:12px; line-height:1.45; }
1184.single .rm-fact .v{ color:var(--rm-ink); font-size:13px; line-height:1.45; }
1185.single .rm-fact .v a{ color:var(--rm-accent); text-decoration:none; }
1186.single .rm-fact .v a:hover{ text-decoration:underline; }
1187.single .rm-fact .v small,
1188.single .rm-fact .v .note{ display:block; margin-top:4px; font-size:11.5px; color:var(--rm-muted); }
1189.single .rm-toc-card{ padding:0 0 4px; }
1190
1191/* Heading text is set by the TOC snippet. */
1192.single .rm-toc-card h4{
1193  margin:0 0 14px;
1194  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-size:11px; font-weight:600;
1195  letter-spacing:.12em; text-transform:uppercase; color:var(--rm-faint);
1196}
1197
1198/* Numerals are generated by CSS counter, so the snippet needs no change. */
1199.single .rm-toc{ counter-reset:rmtoc; border-left:1px solid var(--rm-line); }
1200.single .rm-toc a{
1201  display:flex; align-items:baseline; gap:13px;
1202  padding:8px 0 8px 17px; margin-left:-1px;
1203  border-left:2px solid transparent;
1204  font-size:13px; line-height:1.45; color:var(--rm-ink);
1205  text-decoration:none; transition:.15s;
1206}
1207.single .rm-toc a::before{
1208  counter-increment:rmtoc;
1209  content:counter(rmtoc, decimal-leading-zero);
1210  flex:none; font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;
1211  font-size:10px; color:var(--rm-faint);
1212}
1213.single .rm-toc a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
1214.single .rm-toc a.active{ color:var(--rm-accent); border-left-color:var(--rm-accent); }
1215.single .rm-toc a.active::before{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
1216
1217/* related */
1218.single .rm-related{ border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line); padding-top:40px; margin-top:44px; }
1219.single .rm-related h3{ font-family:'Newsreader',serif; font-size:1.5rem; font-weight:500; margin:0 0 20px; color:var(--rm-ink); }
1220.single .rm-rel-grid{ display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr); gap:16px; }
1221.single .rm-rel{ background:var(--rm-card); border:1px solid var(--rm-line); border-radius:16px; padding:22px; text-decoration:none; transition:.2s; display:block; }
1222.single .rm-rel:hover{ transform:translateY(-3px); box-shadow:0 16px 32px -24px rgba(30,40,55,.25); }
1223.single .rm-rel .t{ font-size:.72rem; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.08em; color:var(--rm-accent); font-weight:600; }
1224.single .rm-rel h4{ font-family:'Newsreader',serif; font-size:1.25rem; font-weight:500; margin:6px 0 4px; color:var(--rm-ink); }
1225.single .rm-rel p{ color:var(--rm-muted); font-size:.9rem; margin:0; }
1226
1227/* lightbox (appended to <body> by JS) */
1228.rm-lightbox{ position:fixed; inset:0; z-index:9999; background:rgba(8,10,13,.88); backdrop-filter:blur(4px); display:none; align-items:center; justify-content:center; padding:44px; cursor:zoom-out; }
1229.rm-lightbox.open{ display:flex; }
1230.rm-lightbox img{ max-width:min(960px,94vw); max-height:88vh; border-radius:14px; box-shadow:0 44px 90px -24px rgba(0,0,0,.55); }
1231.rm-lightbox .rm-lb-close{ position:fixed; top:20px; right:28px; color:#fff; font-size:2.1rem; line-height:1; cursor:pointer; opacity:.85; }
1232
1233/* article meta: reading time + updated (hide GP's default date/author) */
1234.single .entry-header .entry-meta{ display:none; }
1235.single .rm-article-meta{ display:flex; align-items:center; gap:9px; margin-top:14px; font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-size:.9rem; color:var(--rm-faint); }
1236.single .rm-article-meta .rm-sep{ color:var(--rm-line-3); }
1237.single .rm-article-meta .rm-upd{ color:var(--rm-faint); }
1238.single .rm-article-meta a{ color:var(--rm-muted); text-decoration:none; border-bottom:0; }
1239.single .rm-article-meta a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
1240
1241/* author card — appended after the article body */
1242.single .entry-content .rm-author{ display:flex; gap:16px; align-items:flex-start; margin:44px 0 0; padding:24px 26px; background:var(--rm-card); border:1px solid var(--rm-line); border-radius:18px; }
1243.single .entry-content .rm-author-av{ flex:0 0 56px; width:56px; height:56px; }
1244.single .entry-content .rm-author-av img{ width:56px !important; height:56px !important; max-width:56px !important; aspect-ratio:1 !important; object-fit:cover !important; border-radius:50% !important; display:block; margin:0; padding:0; }
1245.single .entry-content .rm-author-body{ min-width:0; }
1246.single .entry-content .rm-author-eyebrow{ font-size:.72rem; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.08em; color:var(--rm-faint); font-weight:700; margin-bottom:4px; }
1247.single .entry-content .rm-author-name{ font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-size:1.1rem; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:-.01em; color:var(--rm-ink); text-decoration:none; border-bottom:0; }
1248.single .entry-content .rm-author-name:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
1249.single .entry-content .rm-author-bio{ color:var(--rm-muted); font-size:.95rem; line-height:1.55; margin:6px 0 0; }
1250
1251@media(max-width:900px){
1252  .single .site-content{ display:block; }
1253  .single .content-area{ flex:none; max-width:none; width:auto; }
1254  .single .inside-right-sidebar{ position:static; margin-top:0; }
1255  .single .rm-aside{ position:static; margin-top:0; flex:none; }
1256  .single .rm-rel-grid{ grid-template-columns:1fr; }
1257  .single .rm-dek{ font-size:1.12rem; }
1258}
1259
1260
1261/* === 5 and 6. REMOVED ==================================================== */
1262/* Section 5 was the old .rm-cat-* category archive, rebuilt as .rm-arc-* in
1263   section 15. Section 6 was the All Posts page, now 301'd to /a-z/. Nothing
1264   renders against either. The numbering gap is deliberate: renumbering would
1265   invalidate every cross-reference in the comments below.
1266
1267   One survivor: body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .rm-cat-body in section 15, kept as a
1268   guard in case the old archive Element is ever reactivated. */
1269
1270
1271/* === 7. SEARCH RESULTS — .rm-sres-* ==================================== */
1272/* Markup is the "RM Search Results" snippet, which self-hooks on
1273   generate_before_main_content and reuses the .rm-idx shell and .rm-rw
1274   widgets. Only the query box, the meta line, and the result rows are new.
1275
1276   body.search .site-main{ display:none } used to sit here, from the old
1277   search element which hooked outside the content area. It hid the new
1278   results along with the native loop, exactly as the category version did.
1279   The native loop is now hidden gated on our wrapper. */
1280
1281body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) .generate-columns-container > *:not(.rm-sres-wrap),
1282body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) .page-header,
1283body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) .paging-navigation,
1284body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) #right-sidebar{ display:none !important; }
1285
1286/* With zero results GeneratePress emits no .generate-columns-container, so its
1287   own "Nothing Found" block and search form sit directly in .site-main and the
1288   rule above never reaches them. Named by GP's own classes rather than by
1289   position, since our wrapper is a direct child of .site-main in exactly this
1290   case and a positional selector would take it down too. */
1291body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) .no-results,
1292body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) .site-main > .page-content{ display:none !important; }
1293
1294/* ---------- the query box ---------- */
1295.rm-sres-q{
1296  display:flex; align-items:center; gap:10px;
1297  border:1px solid var(--rm-line-2); border-radius:8px;
1298  padding:0 13px; margin:20px 0 18px; height:44px; max-width:420px;
1299  background:var(--rm-card-alt); color:var(--rm-faint);
1300}
1301.rm-sres-q svg{ flex:none; stroke:var(--rm-faint); width:15px; height:15px; }
1302/* GeneratePress styles search inputs with its own height and padding, which
1303   is what made this box tall. Reset them here. */
1304.rm-sres-q input{
1305  flex:1; border:0; background:transparent; outline:none; box-shadow:none;
1306  height:auto; padding:0; margin:0; line-height:1.4;
1307  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif;
1308  font-size:14.5px; font-weight:500; letter-spacing:-.012em; color:var(--rm-ink);
1309}
1310.rm-sres-q:focus-within{ border-color:var(--rm-accent); box-shadow:0 0 0 3px var(--rm-accent-soft); }
1311
1312.rm-sres-meta{
1313  font-size:12.5px; color:var(--rm-faint);
1314  padding-bottom:16px; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
1315}
1316.rm-sres-clear{ color:var(--rm-accent); text-decoration:none; margin-left:6px; }
1317.rm-sres-clear:hover{ text-decoration:underline; }
1318
1319/* ---------- a result ---------- */
1320.rm-sres-i{ display:block; padding:19px 0; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line); text-decoration:none; }
1321.rm-sres-i .k{
1322  font-size:10.5px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:.13em; text-transform:uppercase;
1323  color:var(--rm-accent); margin-bottom:7px;
1324}
1325.rm-sres-i h2{
1326  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-weight:560; font-size:18px;
1327  line-height:1.3; letter-spacing:-.018em; margin:0 0 6px; color:var(--rm-ink);
1328}
1329.rm-sres-i:hover h2{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
1330.rm-sres-i p{ font-size:14px; line-height:1.55; color:var(--rm-muted); margin:0; max-width:70ch; }
1331.rm-sres-i mark{
1332  background:var(--rm-accent-soft); color:var(--rm-ink);
1333  padding:0 2px; border-radius:2px;
1334}
1335
1336/* Filter rows put the count beside the name rather than under it. The stock
1337   .rm-rw-i stacks them, which reads oddly when the value is a bare number. */
1338.rm-rw-f{ display:flex; align-items:baseline; justify-content:space-between; gap:12px; }
1339.rm-rw-f strong{ display:block; }
1340.rm-rw-f span{ flex:none; }
1341
1342/* the active filter in the rail */
1343.rm-rw-i.on strong,
1344.rm-rw-i.on span{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
1345
1346/* === 8. READER CONTROLS ================================================ */
1347.rm-rdr{
1348  display:flex; align-items:center; gap:4px; padding:3px;
1349  border:1px solid var(--rm-line); border-radius:8px; background:var(--rm-card);
1350}
1351.rm-rdr button{
1352  min-width:26px; padding:6px 8px; border:0; border-radius:5px;
1353  background:transparent; color:var(--rm-muted); line-height:1; cursor:pointer;
1354}
1355.rm-rdr button:hover{ background:var(--rm-hover); color:var(--rm-ink); }
1356.rm-rdr button[aria-pressed="true"]{
1357  background:var(--rm-card); color:var(--rm-accent);
1358  box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(20,22,26,.06);
1359}
1360[data-theme="dark"] .rm-rdr button[aria-pressed="true"]{ box-shadow:none; }
1361
1362/* The two A's are sized to show what they do. */
1363.rm-rdr-a{ font-weight:600; }
1364.rm-rdr-a.rm-rdr-s{ font-size:11px; }
1365.rm-rdr-a.rm-rdr-l{ font-size:15px; }
1366
1367.rm-rdr-sep{ width:1px; height:16px; margin:0 2px; background:var(--rm-line); }
1368.rm-rdr-th{ display:grid; place-items:center; padding:6px; }
1369.rm-rdr-th svg{ width:14px; height:14px; fill:none; stroke:currentColor; stroke-width:1.7; }
1370
1371/* Visibility is handled in section 3: hidden in the header bar below 900px,
1372   shown inside the mobile panel. Nothing to hide here. */
1373
1374
1375/* ==========================================================================
1376   9. CATEGORY RAIL
1377   Section 9. Sits at the top level, NOT inside the 860px media query.
1378   ========================================================================== */
1379
1380.rm-rail{ display:block; font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; }
1381
1382/* group header */
1383.rm-rgh{
1384  display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:space-between; gap:10px;
1385  width:calc(100% + 20px); margin-left:-10px; padding:8px 10px;
1386  border:0; background:transparent; border-radius:6px;
1387  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-size:13px; font-weight:500;
1388  line-height:1.35; color:var(--rm-ink); text-align:left; cursor:pointer;
1389}
1390.rm-rgh:hover{ background:var(--rm-hover); }
1391.rm-rgr{ display:flex; align-items:center; gap:9px; flex:none; }
1392.rm-rgn{ font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace; font-size:10.5px; color:var(--rm-faint); }
1393.rm-rgc{ width:9px; height:9px; flex:none; fill:none; stroke:var(--rm-faint); stroke-width:2; transition:transform .16s ease; }
1394
1395.rm-rgrp.open > .rm-rgh{ color:var(--rm-accent); font-weight:600; }
1396.rm-rgrp.open > .rm-rgh .rm-rgc{ transform:rotate(90deg); stroke:var(--rm-accent); }
1397
1398/* group body */
1399.rm-rgl{ display:none; margin:2px 0 8px 3px; padding-left:11px; border-left:1px solid var(--rm-line); }
1400.rm-rgrp.open > .rm-rgl{ display:block; }
1401
1402/* child category inside a parent */
1403.rm-rsub{
1404  display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:space-between; gap:8px;
1405  padding:7px 10px; margin-left:-10px; border-radius:6px;
1406  font-size:13px; font-weight:500; color:var(--rm-ink); text-decoration:none;
1407}
1408.rm-rsub:hover{ background:var(--rm-hover); }
1409.rm-rsub.on{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
1410
1411/* article link */
1412.rm-rli{
1413  display:block; padding:6px 10px; margin-left:-10px; border-radius:6px;
1414  font-size:13px; line-height:1.4; color:var(--rm-muted); text-decoration:none;
1415}
1416.rm-rli:hover{ background:var(--rm-hover); color:var(--rm-ink); }
1417.rm-rli.on{ background:var(--rm-accent-soft); color:var(--rm-accent); font-weight:500; }
1418
1419.rm-rmore{ display:block; padding:8px 0 4px; font-size:12px; font-weight:500; color:var(--rm-accent); text-decoration:none; }
1420.rm-rempty{ padding:6px 0 4px; font-size:12px; font-style:italic; color:var(--rm-faint); }
1421
1422
1423/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
1424   Article layout with the rail
1425   The article column narrows from 720 to 680 to make room. Reading measure
1426   stays comfortable and the ad slots are unaffected.
1427   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
1428
1429/* Column measurements match the mockup: a 1400px container with 28px
1430   gutters, and 230 / fluid / 316 columns separated by 64px. */
1431
1432/* The rail is an article device. Every layout rule below is scoped to
1433   .single, so anywhere else it renders unstyled and drops into the flow.
1434   This hides it outright on the homepage, archives, pages, search, and 404,
1435   whatever the element's display rules happen to be set to. */
1436.rm-railcol{ display:none; }
1437.single .rm-railcol{ display:block; }
1438
1439.single .rm-railcol{
1440  order:1;
1441  flex:0 0 230px !important;
1442  width:230px; max-width:230px;
1443  align-self:start;
1444  position:sticky; top:96px;
1445  margin-top:0;
1446  padding:var(--rm-side-top) 24px 60px 0;
1447  border-right:1px solid var(--rm-line);
1448}
1449.single .content-area{ order:2; }
1450.single .rm-aside{ order:3; }
1451
1452/* Container width is set in Customize › Layout › Container › 1400px.
1453   Setting it again here would nest one cap inside another, so the width
1454   comes from GeneratePress and only the gap is set below. */
1455@media(min-width:1200px){
1456  .single .site-content{
1457    max-width:1340px; margin:0 auto;
1458    /* same gutter as the masthead, the index pages, and the archive, so the
1459       rail starts on the wordmark's vertical on every template */
1460    padding-left:var(--rm-idx-gutter); padding-right:var(--rm-idx-gutter);
1461    gap:52px; align-items:flex-start;
1462  }
1463  .single .content-area{ flex:1 1 auto !important; max-width:none; min-width:0; }
1464  /* GeneratePress insets the prose inside the content column: .site-main was
1465     646 wide against a 666 column, and .entry-content started 24px in. That
1466     made article text sit 24px right of the archive's, which has no inset.
1467     Clearing the horizontal padding lines the two up; vertical padding is
1468     left alone so the spacing above the kicker is unchanged. */
1469  .single .site-main{
1470    width:100%; max-width:none;
1471    margin-left:0; margin-right:0;
1472    padding-left:0; padding-right:0;
1473  }
1474  .single .inside-article{ padding-left:0; padding-right:0; }
1475  .single .entry-content{ max-width:none; }
1476  .single .rm-aside{
1477    flex:0 0 var(--rm-aside-w) !important; width:var(--rm-aside-w);
1478    margin-top:0 !important; padding-top:var(--rm-side-top);
1479  }
1480}
1481
1482/* On This Page sits above Quick Facts, as in the mockup. */
1483.single .rm-aside{ display:flex; flex-direction:column; }
1484.single .rm-toc-card{ order:1; }
1485.single .rm-fact-card{ order:2; }
1486
1487/* Below 1200px there is not room for three columns, so the rail drops.
1488   Navigation is still reachable from the header and the footer. */
1489@media(max-width:1199px){
1490  .single .rm-railcol{ display:none; }
1491}
1492
1493/* === 10. FOOTER ======================================================== */
1494/* Markup lives in the "RM Footer" GP Hook Element. Styling is here so it
1495   follows the tokens; the element carries no inline CSS. */
1496
1497.site-info{ display:none !important; }   /* GP default copyright bar */
1498
1499.rm-footer{
1500  background:var(--rm-bg);
1501  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line);
1502  padding:56px 0 34px;
1503  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif;
1504}
1505.rm-foot-wrap{ max-width:1340px; margin:0 auto; padding-left:var(--rm-idx-gutter); padding-right:var(--rm-idx-gutter); }
1506.rm-fg{ display:grid; grid-template-columns:2fr 1fr 1fr 1fr; gap:36px; }
1507
1508.rm-flogo{ display:inline-flex; align-items:center; text-decoration:none; }
1509.rm-flogo-word{
1510  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-weight:800;
1511  font-size:1.2rem; letter-spacing:-.012em; color:var(--rm-ink);
1512}
1513.rm-fdesc{ color:var(--rm-muted); margin:12px 0 0; max-width:34ch; font-size:13px; line-height:1.65; }
1514
1515.rm-fc h5{
1516  font-size:11px; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.11em;
1517  color:var(--rm-faint); margin:0 0 12px; font-weight:600;
1518}
1519.rm-fc a{
1520  display:block; padding:5px 0; line-height:1.5;
1521  color:var(--rm-muted); font-size:13.5px; text-decoration:none;
1522}
1523.rm-fc a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
1524
1525.rm-fb{
1526  display:flex; justify-content:space-between; gap:10px; flex-wrap:wrap;
1527  margin-top:44px; padding-top:22px;
1528  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line);
1529  color:var(--rm-faint); font-size:12.5px;
1530}
1531
1532@media(max-width:900px){ .rm-fg{ grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr; } .rm-foot-wrap{ padding:0 22px; } }
1533@media(max-width:560px){ .rm-fg{ grid-template-columns:1fr; } }
1534
1535
1536/* === 11. BLOCK TABLES — .wp-block-table ================================ */
1537/* Gutenberg tables pasted into article bodies. Two shapes:
1538     .wp-block-table                a data table, with or without a header row
1539     .rm-brief                      the "At a Glance" summary box, a bordered
1540                                    card with a notched label and a compact
1541                                    two-column table inside
1542
1543   Deliberately matched to .rm-famtable in section 4 rather than given a look
1544   of its own, so a hand-built family table and a pasted block table read as
1545   the same component. Everything comes from the section 0 tokens, so dark
1546   mode needs no separate rules.
1547
1548   The summary box is .rm-brief, NOT .rm-facts. Section 4 already uses
1549   .rm-facts for the Quick Facts card in the article sidebar, and reusing it
1550   here would have put 18px of sidebar padding on the table body.
1551
1552   WordPress core ships its own .wp-block-table rules, which put a 1px border
1553   on every cell. Every selector below is three deep so it outranks them
1554   without needing !important. */
1555
1556.single .entry-content .wp-block-table{ margin:26px 0 20px; }
1557
1558.single .entry-content .wp-block-table table{
1559  width:100%; border-collapse:collapse;
1560  background:var(--rm-card);
1561  border:1px solid var(--rm-line);
1562  border-radius:14px; overflow:hidden;
1563}
1564
1565.single .entry-content .wp-block-table td,
1566.single .entry-content .wp-block-table th{
1567  padding:13px 18px;
1568  border:0; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
1569  font-size:15px; line-height:1.5;
1570  text-align:left; vertical-align:top;
1571}
1572.single .entry-content .wp-block-table tr:last-child td,
1573.single .entry-content .wp-block-table tr:last-child th{ border-bottom:0; }
1574
1575/* header row, where the table has one */
1576.single .entry-content .wp-block-table thead th{
1577  background:var(--rm-card-alt); color:var(--rm-muted);
1578  font-size:10.5px; font-weight:600;
1579  letter-spacing:.12em; text-transform:uppercase;
1580}
1581
1582/* ---------- the At a Glance box ---------- */
1583/* A compact summary card for the head of a myth or profile article: a
1584   bordered box with its label notched into the top border, and a tight
1585   two-column table inside.
1586
1587   The label is real markup rather than a ::before, so each article can
1588   change the wording without a CSS edit. It masks the border by painting
1589   --rm-card behind itself, which is why the article background must stay
1590   card-coloured; section 4 already guarantees that on .single.
1591
1592   The table inside drops the card treatment from the block above: no
1593   border, no radius, no tinted key column. The box is the container, so a
1594   second one nested inside it reads as clutter. */
1595
1596.single .entry-content .rm-brief{
1597  position:relative;
1598  margin:34px 0 28px;
1599  padding:20px 24px 18px;
1600  border:1px solid var(--rm-line);
1601  border-radius:10px;
1602  background:var(--rm-card);
1603  /* Core sets a block gap between group children, which added roughly 24px
1604     above the table on top of the padding. Zeroing the variable kills it at
1605     source rather than fighting :where(.wp-block-group) > * + * downstream. */
1606  --wp--style--block-gap:0px;
1607}
1608/* Belt and braces for the same gap: core's block gap, the theme's figure
1609   margin in section 4, and any margin a future child block brings with it.
1610   The whole figure > table > tbody chain is collapsed, not just the direct
1611   child, because core and the browser both put margin on figure and the
1612   theme puts more on it again. */
1613.single .entry-content .rm-brief > *,
1614.single .entry-content .rm-brief > * + *,
1615.single .entry-content .rm-brief figure,
1616.single .entry-content .rm-brief table{
1617  margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; margin-block-start:0; margin-block-end:0;
1618  padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0;
1619}
1620
1621/* Journey can inject an ad slot between two block-level children, and
1622   section 12 gives every slot a 44px top margin. Inside a summary box that
1623   reads as dead space rather than as separation, so a slot landing here
1624   keeps its reserved height but loses the offset. If a gap survives this,
1625   inspect the box: an .mv-ad-box child means the slot itself is reserving
1626   the height, and the fix is a Journey exclusion, not CSS. */
1627.single .entry-content .rm-brief .mv-ad-box{ margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; }
1628
1629/* Three classes deep, so it outranks .single .entry-content p in section 4
1630   and keeps its own size rather than the reader-scaled body size. */
1631.single .entry-content .rm-brief-l{
1632  position:absolute; top:-11px; left:19px;
1633  margin:0; padding:0 10px;
1634  background:var(--rm-card);
1635  font-size:12.5px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.6;
1636  letter-spacing:.13em; text-transform:uppercase;
1637  color:var(--rm-accent);
1638}
1639
1640.single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t{ margin:0; }
1641.single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t table{
1642  border:0; border-radius:0; background:transparent;
1643}
1644.single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t td{
1645  padding:9px 0;
1646  font-size:14.5px; line-height:1.5;
1647  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
1648}
1649.single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t tr:first-child td{ padding-top:0; }
1650.single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t tr:last-child td{
1651  padding-bottom:0; border-bottom:0;
1652}
1653
1654/* The key reads as a label rather than as data: small, uppercase, faint.
1655   That is what lets the row run tight without the two columns colliding. */
1656.single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t td:first-child{
1657  width:138px; padding-right:20px; padding-top:11px;
1658  background:transparent; color:var(--rm-faint);
1659  font-size:10.5px; font-weight:600; line-height:1.4;
1660  letter-spacing:.09em; text-transform:uppercase;
1661}
1662.single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t tr:first-child td:first-child{ padding-top:2px; }
1663.single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t td:first-child strong{
1664  color:inherit; font-weight:600;
1665}
1666
1667@media(max-width:560px){
1668  .single .entry-content .rm-brief{ padding:16px 18px; }
1669  .single .entry-content .rm-brief-l{ left:14px; }
1670
1671  /* Stacked, each pair is label over value with a hairline underneath, and
1672     that hairline is the only thing dividing one pair from the next. So the
1673     space below a value and the space above the label that follows it are
1674     set to the same 11px, which centres the separator between them. The
1675     label keeps a tight 3px to its own value, so the pair still reads as
1676     one unit rather than as two loose lines. */
1677  .single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t td{ display:block; width:auto; }
1678  .single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t td:first-child{
1679    width:auto; padding:11px 0 3px; border-bottom:0;
1680  }
1681  .single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t td:last-child{ padding:0 0 11px; }
1682
1683  /* First and last rows sit against the box padding, so they drop their
1684     outer space and let the 16px on .rm-brief do that job. */
1685  .single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t tr:first-child td:first-child{ padding-top:0; }
1686  .single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t tr:last-child td:last-child{ padding-bottom:0; }
1687}
1688
1689
1690/* ---------- appendix blocks ---------- */
1691/* The two reference tails at the foot of an article. Both are demoted from
1692   body weight and deliberately not styled alike: a pronunciation guide is a
1693   tool, a reading list is navigation.
1694     .rm-appendix-pron  tinted panel, name plus mono respelling
1695     .rm-appendix-rel   hairline rule, two-up link list
1696   Headings stay h2 in the markup, so both keep their place in the article
1697   TOC and the document outline; only the rendering is demoted.
1698
1699   Selectors here are DESCENDANT, not child. WordPress wraps group children
1700   in .wp-block-group__inner-container, so `> h2` matches nothing and the
1701   heading silently falls back to the 24px body style. */
1702
1703.single .entry-content .rm-appendix{ --wp--style--block-gap:0px; }
1704
1705/* Collapse the wrapper chain, two levels deep to clear the inner container.
1706   Margin alone leaves roughly 100px top and bottom; the padding matters. */
1707.single .entry-content .rm-appendix > *,
1708.single .entry-content .rm-appendix > * > *{
1709  margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; margin-block-start:0; margin-block-end:0;
1710  padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0;
1711}
1712
1713.single .entry-content .rm-appendix h2{
1714  margin:0 0 11px;
1715  font-size:10.5px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.4;
1716  letter-spacing:.14em; text-transform:uppercase; color:var(--rm-muted);
1717}
1718.single .entry-content .rm-appendix ul{ margin:0; padding:0; list-style:none; }
1719.single .entry-content .rm-appendix li{
1720  margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6; break-inside:avoid;
1721}
1722
1723/* Multi-column, not grid. Grid couples row heights, so one entry that wraps
1724   to two lines opens a hole beside its neighbour. */
1725.single .entry-content .rm-appendix-pron ul,
1726.single .entry-content .rm-appendix-rel ul{ columns:2; column-gap:36px; }
1727
1728/* Pronunciation: tinted panel, its border doing the separating. */
1729.single .entry-content .rm-appendix-pron{
1730  margin:26px 0 0;
1731  /* Uneven on purpose, so it LOOKS even. The rows run at line-height 1.95,
1732     which hangs about 6.6px of half-leading under the last one, while the
1733     label above it only carries about 2.1px. Equal padding therefore reads
1734     bottom-heavy. Taking 5px off the bottom lands both visible gaps at
1735     roughly 22px. Retune if the row line-height changes. */
1736  padding:20px 20px 15px;
1737  background:var(--rm-hover);
1738  border:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
1739  border-radius:10px;
1740}
1741.single .entry-content .rm-appendix-pron li{ color:var(--rm-ink); line-height:1.95; }
1742.single .entry-content .rm-appendix-pron code{
1743  font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;
1744  font-size:12.5px; color:var(--rm-muted);
1745  background:transparent; padding:0; border:0;
1746}
1747
1748/* Related reading: muted rather than oxblood, since eight accent links
1749   stacked read as eight competing calls to action. */
1750.single .entry-content .rm-appendix-rel{
1751  margin:26px 0 0; padding-top:18px;
1752  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line);
1753}
1754.single .entry-content .rm-appendix-rel li{ padding:2px 0; }
1755.single .entry-content .rm-appendix-rel a{ color:var(--rm-muted); border-bottom:0; }
1756.single .entry-content .rm-appendix-rel a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
1757
1758@media(max-width:700px){
1759  .single .entry-content .rm-appendix-pron ul,
1760  .single .entry-content .rm-appendix-rel ul{ columns:1; }
1761}
1762
1763
1764/* === 12. IN-CONTENT AD SPACING ========================================= */
1765/* Journey reserves a fixed height per slot (usually 350px) to prevent
1766   layout shift, then fills it with whatever creative wins the auction.
1767   A 250px creative in a 350px box leaves 100px of dead space underneath,
1768   which is why the gaps look lopsided.
1769
1770   That reserved height is not ours to change. What is ours is the margin
1771   around the box, so the top margin is set larger than the bottom to
1772   offset the slack the reservation leaves below. Tune --rm-ad-top if the
1773   balance still reads wrong at your usual creative sizes. */
1774
1775:root{ --rm-ad-top:44px; --rm-ad-bottom:8px; }
1776
1777.single .entry-content .mv-ad-box{
1778  margin-top:var(--rm-ad-top);
1779  margin-bottom:var(--rm-ad-bottom);
1780  margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;
1781}
1782
1783/* A paragraph directly after a slot carries its own top margin on top of
1784   the slack, which doubles the gap. */
1785.single .entry-content .mv-ad-box + p{ margin-top:0; }
1786
1787/* The interscroller reserves its full height and uses all of it, so it
1788   needs even margins rather than the offset above. */
1789.single .entry-content .mv-ad-box:has(.mv-interscroller-outer){
1790  margin-top:36px; margin-bottom:36px;
1791}
1792
1793
1794/* === 13. CITE BOX + SHARE HEADING ====================================== */
1795/* Both are emitted with inline styles by their snippets, so these rules
1796   need !important to win. Sized to match the mockup's sources block:
1797   small Inter, muted, with 10px uppercase labels. Better fixed at source
1798   in the snippets when there is time. */
1799
1800.single .entry-content .cite-this-box{
1801  background:var(--rm-card) !important;
1802  border:1px solid var(--rm-line) !important;
1803  border-radius:10px !important;
1804  padding:16px 18px !important;
1805  margin:36px 0 !important;
1806  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif !important;
1807  font-size:12px !important;
1808}
1809.single .entry-content .cite-this-box p{
1810  font-size:12px !important; line-height:1.6;
1811  color:var(--rm-muted) !important; margin:0 0 10px !important;
1812}
1813/* the "Cite This Page" heading and the MLA / APA labels */
1814.single .entry-content .cite-this-box > p:first-of-type,
1815.single .entry-content .cite-this-box p[style*="0.8rem"]{
1816  font-size:10px !important; font-weight:600 !important;
1817  letter-spacing:.14em; text-transform:uppercase;
1818  color:var(--rm-faint) !important;
1819}
1820.single .entry-content .cite-this-box > p:first-of-type{ margin:0 0 14px !important; }
1821.single .entry-content .cite-this-box p[style*="0.8rem"]{ margin:12px 0 4px !important; }
1822.single .entry-content .cite-this-box em{ font-style:italic; color:var(--rm-body) !important; }
1823.single .entry-content .cite-this-box button{
1824  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif !important;
1825  font-size:11px !important; font-weight:500;
1826  padding:6px 12px !important; margin-top:10px !important;
1827  background:var(--rm-card-alt); color:var(--rm-muted);
1828  border:1px solid var(--rm-line); border-radius:7px; cursor:pointer;
1829}
1830.single .entry-content .cite-this-box button:hover{ border-color:var(--rm-line-2); color:var(--rm-ink); }
1831
1832/* "Share This Page" — the paragraph immediately before the share buttons */
1833.single .entry-content p:has(+ .addtoany_shortcode){
1834  font-size:10px !important; font-weight:600 !important;
1835  letter-spacing:.14em; text-transform:uppercase;
1836  color:var(--rm-faint) !important; margin:36px 0 12px !important;
1837}
1838
1839/* AddToAny renders each share icon as an <a> inside .entry-content, so
1840   section 4's link rule paints an oxblood underline under every one of
1841   them. Icons are not prose links; clear it. */
1842.single .entry-content .addtoany_shortcode a,
1843.single .entry-content .addtoany_list a,
1844.single .entry-content .a2a_kit a{
1845  border-bottom:0 !important;
1846}
1847
1848
1849/* === 14. INDEX PAGES — A–Z, calendar, categories, 404 =================== */
1850/* Markup comes from the "RM Index Pages" snippet. All four share one
1851   three-column shell that mirrors the article layout: 230 rail, fluid
1852   main, 316 widgets. The rail is the same [rm_category_rail] component
1853   styled in section 4, so nothing is duplicated here. */
1854
1855/* GeneratePress wraps archive and search results in .generate-columns-container,
1856   which is a flex row. Our wrapper becomes a flex item there and sizes to its
1857   content instead of the container, which is why search was correct with zero
1858   results (no columns container) and narrow with results. flex-basis pins it
1859   to the full row. */
1860.rm-idx-wrap,
1861.rm-arc-wrap,
1862.rm-sres-wrap{
1863  width:100%; flex:1 1 100%; min-width:0;
1864  background:var(--rm-card);
1865  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif;
1866  color:var(--rm-ink);
1867}
1868.rm-idx{
1869  /* DevTools showed .rm-idx sitting at x=0 with margin:0 auto ignored, so
1870     the shell was 1340px starting at the viewport edge while the masthead
1871     was 1340px centred. Rather than rely on auto margins, the gutter is
1872     computed: half the leftover space, floored at --rm-idx-gutter so it
1873     never collapses on a narrow screen. That puts the content box at the
1874     same x as the wordmark and gives it the article's measure. */
1875  width:100%; max-width:none; margin:0;
1876  padding-left:max(var(--rm-idx-gutter), calc((100% - var(--rm-shell-measure)) / 2));
1877  padding-right:max(var(--rm-idx-gutter), calc((100% - var(--rm-shell-measure)) / 2));
1878  /* Same three-column shape as the article: 230 rail, fluid middle, and an
1879     aside on the shared --rm-aside-w token, separated by a 52px gap. The gap
1880     replaces the padding that used to sit inside the middle column, so the
1881     reading measure gains what the aside and the padding give up. */
1882  display:grid; grid-template-columns:230px minmax(0,1fr) var(--rm-aside-w);
1883  column-gap:52px; align-items:start;
1884}
1885.rm-idx.no-left{ grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) var(--rm-aside-w); }
1886.rm-idx.no-right{ grid-template-columns:230px minmax(0,1fr); }
1887
1888.rm-idx-nav{
1889  border-right:1px solid var(--rm-line);
1890  padding:40px 24px 60px 0;
1891  position:sticky; top:96px;
1892}
1893/* The rail labels split apart on these pages but not on the category
1894   archive. The archive prints the rail from a hook; here the shortcode sits
1895   in the page body, so the rail passes through the_content and any filter
1896   that injects markup (Internal Link Juicer, for one) can wrap a keyword in
1897   a tag mid-label. That turns one anonymous flex item into several, and
1898   space-between spreads them across the row.
1899
1900   Packing the items left and pushing only the count right with an auto
1901   margin gives the same layout but cannot spread a broken-up label. */
1902.rm-rgh{ justify-content:flex-start; }
1903.rm-rgh .rm-rgr{ margin-left:auto; }
1904.rm-rsub{ justify-content:flex-start; }
1905.rm-rsub .rm-rgn{ margin-left:auto; }
1906
1907/* Packing left was not enough. The row is still a flex container with
1908   gap:10px, so every fragment ILJ creates picks up 10px of separation and a
1909   two-part label breaks across lines: "Foundations of" on one row, "Roman
1910   Mythology" on the next.
1911
1912   Taking the row out of flex on these templates only puts the label back
1913   into normal inline flow, where injected markup is simply more text and
1914   wraps like text. The count is pinned instead of being a flex sibling.
1915   Scoped to .rm-idx-nav: the article and archive rails print from hooks,
1916   never pass through the_content, and are not affected.
1917
1918   The root fix is upstream. ILJ can be told to skip an element, and the
1919   category rail should be on that list. This is the containment. */
1920.rm-idx-nav .rm-rgh,
1921.rm-idx-nav .rm-rsub{
1922  display:block; position:relative;
1923  padding-right:42px;
1924}
1925.rm-idx-nav .rm-rgh .rm-rgr,
1926.rm-idx-nav .rm-rsub .rm-rgn{
1927  position:absolute; right:10px; top:50%;
1928  transform:translateY(-50%);
1929  margin-left:0;
1930}
1931
1932/* An injected link inside a rail row should not look or behave like one. */
1933.rm-idx-nav .rm-rgh a,
1934.rm-idx-nav .rm-rsub a,
1935.rm-idx-nav .rm-rli a{
1936  color:inherit; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:0; pointer-events:none;
1937}
1938.rm-idx-main{ padding:48px 0 64px; min-width:0; }
1939.rm-idx-rail{ padding:44px 0 60px; position:sticky; top:96px; }
1940
1941.rm-idx-empty{ color:var(--rm-muted); padding:30px 0; }
1942
1943/* ---------- take the shells out of GeneratePress's container ---------- */
1944/* The article lays out in .site-content, which sits outside GP's container,
1945   so it gets the full 1340px. These shells render further in — inside
1946   .site-main, and on archives inside .generate-columns-container too — so
1947   every cap and gutter on that chain shrank them, and the middle column came
1948   out ~100px narrower than the article's.
1949
1950   Clearing the chain lets .rm-idx measure against the viewport, so all four
1951   templates share one geometry. Widths and spacing only; nothing hidden. */
1952body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) #page,
1953body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) #page,
1954body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) #page,
1955body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .site-content,
1956body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .site-content,
1957body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) .site-content,
1958body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .content-area,
1959body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .content-area,
1960body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) .content-area,
1961body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .site-main,
1962body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .site-main,
1963body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) .site-main,
1964body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .generate-columns-container,
1965body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) .generate-columns-container{
1966  max-width:none; width:100%;
1967  margin-left:0; margin-right:0;
1968  padding-left:0; padding-right:0;
1969}
1970
1971/* These pages render inside .entry-content, which GeneratePress dresses as a
1972   panel under separate-containers: its own padding, margin, and background.
1973   The archive renders inside .generate-columns-container instead, which is
1974   why it already sits flush on white while these sat inset on beige.
1975
1976   Stripping the panel here brings the two templates onto the same measure,
1977   so --rm-idx-gutter governs both. Layout and colour only; nothing hidden. */
1978body:has(.rm-idx-wrap),
1979body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) #page,
1980body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .site-content,
1981body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .content-area,
1982body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .site-main,
1983body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .inside-article,
1984body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .entry-content,
1985/* the archive and search need the same, or --rm-bg shows through as a beige
1986   band between the masthead and the shell */
1987body:has(.rm-arc-wrap),
1988body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) #page,
1989body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .site-content,
1990body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .content-area,
1991body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .site-main,
1992body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .generate-columns-container,
1993body:has(.rm-sres-wrap),
1994body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) #page,
1995body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) .site-content,
1996body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) .content-area,
1997body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) .site-main,
1998body:has(.rm-sres-wrap) .generate-columns-container{ background:var(--rm-card); }
1999
2000body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .site-main,
2001body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .inside-article,
2002body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .entry-content{
2003  padding:0; margin:0; border:0; box-shadow:none;
2004  width:100%; max-width:none;
2005}
2006body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .content-area{
2007  width:100%; max-width:none; float:none; padding:0;
2008}
2009
2010/* GeneratePress prints the page featured image inside .inside-article, above
2011   .entry-content. The container reset directly above strips every width cap
2012   and gutter off that chain so the shells can set their own measure, which
2013   means the thumbnail renders edge to edge and pushes the h1 a thousand
2014   pixels down the page.
2015
2016   These four templates render their own head and eyebrow, so the featured
2017   image is redundant as well as oversized and is hidden outright. The image
2018   is still set on the page, so it remains available as a thumbnail anywhere
2019   else it is called.
2020
2021   To show it constrained instead, delete this block and use:
2022     body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .featured-image{
2023       max-width:var(--rm-shell-measure); margin:0 auto; padding:24px 0 0; }
2024   The shells compute their own gutters, so the image needs the measure
2025   handed to it explicitly; it has nothing left to inherit. */
2026body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .featured-image,
2027body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .page-header-image,
2028body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .page-header-image-single,
2029body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) .inside-article > .post-image,
2030body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .featured-image,
2031body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .page-header-image{ display:none !important; }
2032
2033/* An existing snippet prints a page hero (.rm-page-hero-title) above the
2034   content on Pages. These templates render their own h1, so the hero is a
2035   duplicate heading and a second h1 on the page. Hidden only where one of
2036   our wrappers is present, so every other Page keeps its hero.
2037
2038   This is the symptom, not the cause. The snippet emitting the hero should
2039   get a condition so it does not run on these templates; then this block
2040   can go. The attribute selector catches the wrapper as well as the title,
2041   so no empty band is left behind. */
2042body:has(.rm-idx-wrap) [class*="rm-page-hero"],
2043body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) [class*="rm-page-hero"]{ display:none !important; }
2044
2045/* ---------- page head ---------- */
2046.rm-idx-h{ padding:0 0 30px; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line); }
2047.rm-idx-eb{
2048  font-size:12px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:.1em; text-transform:uppercase;
2049  color:var(--rm-accent); margin-bottom:16px;
2050}
2051.rm-idx-h h1{
2052  font-family:'Newsreader',Georgia,serif; font-optical-sizing:auto; font-weight:600;
2053  font-size:clamp(30px,3.2vw,42px); line-height:1.2; letter-spacing:-.02em; margin:0 0 14px;
2054}
2055.rm-idx-h p{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.6; color:var(--rm-muted); margin:0; max-width:60ch; }
2056
2057/* ---------- rail widgets ---------- */
2058.rm-rw{ margin-bottom:28px; }
2059.rm-rw-h{
2060  font-size:10px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:.14em; text-transform:uppercase;
2061  color:var(--rm-faint); margin-bottom:12px;
2062}
2063.rm-rw-i{ display:block; padding:9px 0; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line); text-decoration:none; }
2064.rm-rw-i:last-child{ border-bottom:0; }
2065.rm-rw-i strong{
2066  display:block; font-size:13.5px; font-weight:500; line-height:1.35;
2067  letter-spacing:-.012em; color:var(--rm-ink);
2068}
2069.rm-rw-i span{ font-size:11.5px; color:var(--rm-faint); }
2070.rm-rw-i:hover strong{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
2071
2072/* jump-to-letter. Letters with no entries stay visible but inert, so the
2073   grid keeps its shape and the gaps read as information. */
2074.rm-rw-az{ display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(6,1fr); gap:4px; }
2075.rm-rw-az a{
2076  font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,monospace; font-size:11px; font-weight:500;
2077  color:var(--rm-muted); text-decoration:none;
2078  border:1px solid var(--rm-line); border-radius:5px;
2079  height:28px; display:grid; place-items:center;
2080}
2081.rm-rw-az a:hover{ border-color:var(--rm-accent); color:var(--rm-accent); }
2082.rm-rw-az a.off{ color:var(--rm-line-2); border-color:transparent; pointer-events:none; }
2083
2084.rm-rw-today .d{
2085  font-size:11px; color:var(--rm-accent); letter-spacing:.06em; margin-bottom:8px;
2086}
2087.rm-rw-today strong{ display:block; font-size:15px; font-weight:560; letter-spacing:-.014em; margin-bottom:5px; }
2088.rm-rw-today p{ font-size:13px; line-height:1.55; color:var(--rm-muted); margin:0; }
2089
2090.rm-rw-mn{
2091  display:block; font-size:13px; color:var(--rm-muted); text-decoration:none;
2092  padding:6px 10px; margin-left:-10px; border-radius:6px;
2093}
2094.rm-rw-mn:hover{ background:var(--rm-hover); color:var(--rm-ink); }
2095.rm-rw-mn.on{ background:var(--rm-accent-soft); color:var(--rm-accent); font-weight:500; }
2096
2097/* ---------- A–Z ---------- */
2098.rm-az-sec{ padding:26px 0 6px; scroll-margin-top:120px; }
2099.rm-az-sec:first-of-type{ padding-top:14px; }
2100.rm .rm-az-l{
2101  font-family:'Newsreader',Georgia,serif; font-weight:600; font-size:21px;
2102  color:var(--rm-accent); margin:0 0 10px; line-height:1;
2103}
2104/* One column. At two or three, most entries wrapped mid-title and the list
2105   read as a block of text rather than a list. Full measure lets nearly every
2106   title sit on a single line. */
2107.rm-az-g{ columns:1; }
2108.rm-az-e{
2109  display:block; break-inside:avoid; text-decoration:none;
2110  font-size:14px; line-height:1.9; color:var(--rm-body); letter-spacing:-.008em;
2111  /* a hanging indent, so a title that still wraps reads as one entry
2112     rather than as two */
2113  padding-left:15px; text-indent:-15px;
2114}
2115.rm-az-e:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
2116
2117/* ---------- festival calendar ---------- */
2118.rm-cal-m{
2119  padding:28px 0; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
2120  display:grid; grid-template-columns:150px minmax(0,1fr); gap:30px; align-items:start;
2121  scroll-margin-top:110px;
2122}
2123.rm-cal-mn{ position:sticky; top:100px; padding-top:7px; }
2124.rm-cal-mn h2{
2125  font-family:'Newsreader',Georgia,serif; font-weight:600; font-size:24px;
2126  margin:0 0 4px; line-height:1.1;
2127}
2128.rm-cal-mn span{ font-size:10.5px; color:var(--rm-faint); letter-spacing:.06em; }
2129.rm-cal-e{
2130  display:grid; grid-template-columns:82px 1fr; gap:20px;
2131  padding:11px 0; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
2132}
2133.rm-cal-e:last-child{ border-bottom:0; }
2134.rm-cal-e strong{ display:block; font-size:15px; font-weight:560; letter-spacing:-.014em; margin-bottom:3px; }
2135.rm-cal-e p{ font-size:13.5px; line-height:1.55; color:var(--rm-muted); margin:0; max-width:64ch; }
2136.rm-cal-d{ font-size:11px; color:var(--rm-accent); padding-top:3px; letter-spacing:.03em; }
2137/* today's entry, so the page answers "what is on now" without scrolling */
2138.rm-cal-e.on{
2139  background:var(--rm-accent-soft);
2140  margin:0 -14px; padding:11px 14px; border-radius:8px; border-bottom-color:transparent;
2141}
2142
2143/* ---------- categories index ---------- */
2144.rm-cidx-g{
2145  display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr); gap:1px;
2146  background:var(--rm-line); border:1px solid var(--rm-line);
2147  border-radius:10px; overflow:hidden; margin-top:26px;
2148}
2149.rm-cidx-c{ background:var(--rm-card); padding:20px 22px 22px; display:block; text-decoration:none; }
2150.rm-cidx-c:hover{ background:var(--rm-hover); }
2151.rm-cidx-c strong{ display:block; font-size:16px; font-weight:560; letter-spacing:-.016em; margin-bottom:6px; }
2152.rm-cidx-c:hover strong{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
2153.rm-cidx-c p{ font-size:13.5px; line-height:1.55; color:var(--rm-muted); margin:0 0 10px; }
2154.rm-cidx-c span{ font-size:10.5px; color:var(--rm-faint); letter-spacing:.05em; }
2155
2156/* ---------- 404 ---------- */
2157.rm-nf{
2158  max-width:720px; margin:0 auto; padding:92px 28px 110px; text-align:center;
2159  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif;
2160}
2161.rm-nf-code{ font-size:11px; letter-spacing:.18em; color:var(--rm-accent); margin-bottom:18px; }
2162.rm-nf h1{
2163  font-family:'Newsreader',Georgia,serif; font-optical-sizing:auto; font-weight:600;
2164  font-size:clamp(30px,3.4vw,44px); line-height:1.14; letter-spacing:-.02em; margin:0 0 16px;
2165}
2166.rm-nf p{ font-size:16.5px; line-height:1.6; color:var(--rm-muted); margin:0 0 30px; }
2167.rm-nf-search{
2168  display:flex; align-items:center; gap:10px;
2169  width:100%; max-width:380px; margin:0 auto 34px;
2170  border:1px solid var(--rm-line-2); border-radius:8px;
2171  background:var(--rm-card); padding:9px 12px; color:var(--rm-faint);
2172}
2173.rm-nf-search input{
2174  flex:1; border:0; background:transparent; outline:none;
2175  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-size:13.5px; color:var(--rm-ink);
2176}
2177.rm-nf-links{ display:flex; gap:10px; flex-wrap:wrap; justify-content:center; }
2178.rm-nf-links a{
2179  font-size:13px; font-weight:500; color:var(--rm-muted); text-decoration:none;
2180  border:1px solid var(--rm-line); border-radius:999px; padding:9px 16px;
2181  white-space:nowrap; transition:border-color .16s, color .16s;
2182}
2183.rm-nf-links a:hover{ border-color:var(--rm-accent); color:var(--rm-accent); }
2184
2185/* GeneratePress prints its own 404 heading and search form alongside ours.
2186   The old rule used a child combinator against .site-main, which missed
2187   because GP nests that block one level deeper. Gated on .rm-nf being present
2188   and matched at any depth, with our own wrapper excluded by name. */
2189body:has(.rm-nf) .site-main > *:not(.rm-nf),
2190body:has(.rm-nf) .page-header,
2191body:has(.rm-nf) .page-content,
2192body:has(.rm-nf) .search-form,
2193/* GeneratePress marks its 404 block with these, which is more reliable than
2194   matching on position */
2195body:has(.rm-nf) .no-results,
2196body:has(.rm-nf) .not-found,
2197body:has(.rm-nf) article[class*="post-0"]{ display:none !important; }
2198
2199/* and the same white background and container reset the other shells get */
2200body:has(.rm-nf),
2201body:has(.rm-nf) #page,
2202body:has(.rm-nf) .site-content,
2203body:has(.rm-nf) .content-area,
2204body:has(.rm-nf) .site-main{ background:var(--rm-card); }
2205body:has(.rm-nf) #page,
2206body:has(.rm-nf) .site-content,
2207body:has(.rm-nf) .content-area,
2208body:has(.rm-nf) .site-main{
2209  max-width:none; width:100%;
2210  margin-left:0; margin-right:0;
2211  padding-left:0; padding-right:0;
2212  border:0; box-shadow:none;
2213}
2214
2215/* ---------- responsive ---------- */
2216@media(max-width:1200px){
2217  .rm-idx,
2218  .rm-idx.no-left{ grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) var(--rm-aside-w); }
2219  .rm-idx-nav{ display:none; }
2220  .rm-idx-main{ padding:44px 0 60px; }
2221}
2222@media(max-width:900px){
2223  .rm-idx,
2224  .rm-idx.no-left,
2225  .rm-idx.no-right{ grid-template-columns:1fr; }
2226  .rm-idx-main{ padding:36px 0 48px; }
2227  .rm-idx-rail{ padding:0 0 48px; position:static; border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line); padding-top:32px; }
2228  .rm-cal-m{ grid-template-columns:1fr; gap:14px; }
2229  .rm-cal-mn{ position:static; }
2230  .rm-cidx-g{ grid-template-columns:1fr; }
2231}
2232@media(max-width:560px){
2233  .rm-idx{ padding-left:22px; padding-right:22px; }
2234  .rm-cal-e{ grid-template-columns:1fr; gap:4px; }
2235}
2236
2237/* === 15. CATEGORY ARCHIVE — Janus rebuild (.rm-arc-*) ================== */
2238/* Markup is the "RM Category Archive" element. It reuses the .rm-idx shell
2239   and the .rm-rw widgets from section 14, so only the list, the sort bar,
2240   the hub, and the pager are new here.
2241
2242   Section 5, the old .rm-cat-* archive, has been removed now that nothing
2243   renders against it. See the note where sections 5 and 6 used to sit. */
2244
2245/* GeneratePress runs this archive in Columns mode, so the real structure is
2246       <main class="site-main">
2247         <div class="generate-columns-container">
2248           <div class="rm rm-arc-wrap">   <- ours, from the hook
2249           <article class="generate-columns">  <- the native cards
2250   The archive is a SIBLING of the cards inside that container, not a child
2251   of .site-main. That is why `.site-main > article` matched nothing, and why
2252   `.site-main > *:not(.rm-arc-wrap)` hid the container and the archive with
2253   it. Scoping to the container and excluding our own wrapper is correct.
2254
2255   Still gated on :has(), so if the snippet stops rendering the native
2256   archive comes back rather than the page going blank. */
2257body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .generate-columns-container > *:not(.rm-arc-wrap),
2258body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .page-header,
2259body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .paging-navigation,
2260body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) #right-sidebar{ display:none !important; }
2261
2262body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .site-content{ display:block; background:transparent; }
2263body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .content-area,
2264body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .site-main{ width:100%; max-width:none; float:none; padding:0; }
2265
2266/* body.category used to paint --rm-bg in section 5, which was the beige
2267   showing around the archive. That rule is gone, but section 1 paints body
2268   the same colour, so the archive still needs putting back on white.
2269   None of these rules hide anything. */
2270body:has(.rm-arc-wrap),
2271body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) #page,
2272body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .site-main,
2273body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .generate-columns-container{ background:var(--rm-card); }
2274
2275/* The previous archive element, if it is still active, would otherwise
2276   render its empty shell underneath the new one. Its styling is gone, so
2277   this is now a guard rather than a fix: cheap to keep, and it means a
2278   stray reactivation shows nothing rather than an unstyled block. */
2279body:has(.rm-arc-wrap) .rm-cat-body{ display:none !important; }
2280
2281/* .rm-arc-wrap is styled with the other shell wrappers in section 14. */
2282
2283/* ---------- the Major Gods hub ---------- */
2284/* Flat rather than the old image card, so it sits inside the list rhythm
2285   instead of competing with the page head. */
2286.rm-arc-hub{
2287  display:block; text-decoration:none;
2288  margin:26px 0 0; padding:18px 20px;
2289  border:1px solid var(--rm-line); border-left:2px solid var(--rm-accent);
2290  border-radius:8px; background:var(--rm-card-alt);
2291}
2292.rm-arc-hub:hover{ border-color:var(--rm-line-2); border-left-color:var(--rm-accent); }
2293.rm-arc-hub-eb{
2294  display:block; font-size:10.5px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:.13em;
2295  text-transform:uppercase; color:var(--rm-accent); margin-bottom:8px;
2296}
2297.rm-arc-hub strong{
2298  display:block; font-size:17px; font-weight:560; line-height:1.3;
2299  letter-spacing:-.018em; color:var(--rm-ink); margin-bottom:5px;
2300}
2301.rm-arc-hub:hover strong{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
2302.rm-arc-hub-dek{ display:block; font-size:13.5px; line-height:1.55; color:var(--rm-muted); }
2303
2304/* ---------- sort bar ---------- */
2305.rm-arc-bar{
2306  display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:space-between;
2307  gap:20px; flex-wrap:wrap;
2308  padding:18px 0; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
2309}
2310.rm-arc-count{ font-size:12.5px; color:var(--rm-faint); }
2311.rm-arc-sort{ display:flex; gap:4px; }
2312/* Links, not buttons: the sort is a real URL, so it survives a reload and
2313   can be shared. aria-pressed carries the state the mockup shows. */
2314.rm-arc-sort a{
2315  font-size:11px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:.06em; text-transform:uppercase;
2316  color:var(--rm-muted); text-decoration:none;
2317  border:1px solid var(--rm-line); border-radius:6px; padding:7px 11px;
2318}
2319.rm-arc-sort a:hover{ border-color:var(--rm-line-2); color:var(--rm-ink); }
2320.rm-arc-sort a[aria-pressed="true"]{
2321  background:var(--rm-card-alt); color:var(--rm-ink); border-color:var(--rm-line-2);
2322}
2323
2324/* ---------- the list ---------- */
2325.rm-arc-list{ border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line); }
2326.rm-arc-i{ display:block; padding:20px 0; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line); text-decoration:none; }
2327.rm-arc-i:last-child{ border-bottom:0; }
2328.rm-arc-i h2{
2329  font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; font-weight:560; font-size:19px;
2330  line-height:1.3; letter-spacing:-.018em; margin:0 0 6px; color:var(--rm-ink);
2331}
2332.rm-arc-i:hover h2{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
2333.rm-arc-i p{ font-size:14px; line-height:1.55; color:var(--rm-muted); margin:0; max-width:66ch; }
2334
2335/* ---------- pager ---------- */
2336.rm-arc-pg{ display:flex; gap:6px; align-items:center; flex-wrap:wrap; padding:30px 0 0; }
2337.rm-arc-pg a,
2338.rm-arc-pg span{
2339  font-size:12px; font-weight:600; color:var(--rm-muted); text-decoration:none;
2340  border:1px solid var(--rm-line); border-radius:6px; padding:9px 13px;
2341}
2342.rm-arc-pg a:hover{ border-color:var(--rm-line-2); color:var(--rm-ink); }
2343.rm-arc-pg .current{
2344  background:var(--rm-ink); color:var(--rm-bg); border-color:var(--rm-ink);
2345}
2346.rm-arc-pg .dots{ border-color:transparent; padding:9px 4px; }
2347
2348@media(max-width:560px){
2349  .rm-arc-bar{ gap:12px; }
2350  .rm-arc-sort{ flex-wrap:wrap; }
2351}
2352
2353/* === 16. ALL ROMAN GODS INDEX — .rm-gods-* ============================= */
2354/* Markup is the "roman_gods_index" shortcode, placed in the All Roman Gods
2355   article. Three columns for the major gods (name / Greek / domain), two for
2356   the minor ones, which is why the grid is declared per list rather than on
2357   the row. */
2358
2359.rm-gods-index{ font-family:'Inter',system-ui,sans-serif; margin:26px 0 0; }
2360.rm-gods-section + .rm-gods-section{ margin-top:34px; }
2361
2362.rm-gods-section-hdr{
2363  display:flex; align-items:baseline; justify-content:space-between; gap:12px;
2364  padding-bottom:10px; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
2365}
2366.rm-gods-section-title{
2367  font-size:11px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:.13em; text-transform:uppercase;
2368  color:var(--rm-accent);
2369}
2370.rm-gods-section-count{
2371  font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;
2372  font-size:10.5px; color:var(--rm-faint);
2373}
2374
2375/* Tracks are capped with minmax(0,…) so a long domain wraps inside its own
2376   column instead of pushing the grid wider than the reading measure. */
2377.rm-gods-row{
2378  display:grid; grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr);
2379  gap:4px 18px; align-items:baseline;
2380  padding:11px 0; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
2381}
2382.rm-gods-row:last-child{ border-bottom:0; }
2383
2384.rm-gods-list--greek .rm-gods-row{
2385  grid-template-columns:minmax(0,130px) minmax(0,110px) minmax(0,1fr);
2386}
2387.rm-gods-list:not(.rm-gods-list--greek) .rm-gods-row{
2388  grid-template-columns:minmax(0,220px) minmax(0,1fr);
2389}
2390
2391/* section 4's .single .entry-content a puts an oxblood underline on every
2392   link in the body, which outranks a bare class. The extra scope removes it
2393   here without touching prose links. */
2394.single .entry-content a.rm-gods-name,
2395.rm-gods-name{
2396  font-size:15px; font-weight:500; letter-spacing:-.012em;
2397  text-decoration:none; border-bottom:0;
2398}
2399.single .entry-content a.rm-gods-name:hover{ border-bottom:0;
2399 opacity:.7; }
2400
2401/* column headers, so the three tracks read as data rather than as three
2402   unexplained strings */
2403.rm-gods-head{
2404  display:grid; gap:4px 18px; align-items:baseline;
2405  padding:12px 0 8px; border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
2406  font-size:10px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:.12em; text-transform:uppercase;
2407  color:var(--rm-faint);
2408}
2409.rm-gods-list--greek .rm-gods-head{
2410  grid-template-columns:minmax(0,130px) minmax(0,110px) minmax(0,1fr);
2411}
2412.rm-gods-list:not(.rm-gods-list--greek) .rm-gods-head{
2413  grid-template-columns:minmax(0,220px) minmax(0,1fr);
2414}
2415
2416/* Entries with no article yet. Muted and unlinked, so a reader can tell at a
2417   glance which names are live without hovering every one. */
2418.rm-gods-name.rm-no-link{ color:var(--rm-faint); font-weight:400; }
2419.rm-gods-name.rm-no-link::after{
2420  content:"soon";
2421  margin-left:7px;
2422  font-size:9.5px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:.1em; text-transform:uppercase;
2423  color:var(--rm-faint);
2424}
2425
2426.rm-gods-greek{ font-size:13px; color:var(--rm-faint); }
2427.rm-gods-domain{ font-size:13.5px; line-height:1.5; color:var(--rm-muted); }
2428
2429/* The attested symbols, under the domain rather than in a fourth column. At
2430   666px a fourth track would leave every one too narrow, and only the major
2431   gods carry the field, so a column would be half empty anyway. */
2432.rm-gods-symbol{
2433  display:block; margin-top:3px;
2434  font-size:12px; line-height:1.45; color:var(--rm-faint);
2435}
2436.rm-gods-symbol::before{
2437  content:"Symbols: ";
2438  font-weight:600; letter-spacing:.02em;
2439}
2440
2441@media(max-width:900px){
2442  .rm-gods-list--greek .rm-gods-row,
2443  .rm-gods-list:not(.rm-gods-list--greek) .rm-gods-row{
2444    grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr);
2445  }
2446  /* headers describe columns that no longer exist once the rows stack */
2447  .rm-gods-head{ display:none; }
2448  /* stacked, the Greek name reads better beside the Roman one */
2449  .rm-gods-greek{ margin-top:-2px; }
2450}
2451
2452/* Sections 17-19 (static pages, utility pages, Mediavine notice) live in the
2453   WPCode CSS snippet "RM Utility Pages CSS". They were moved out because
2454   Additional CSS stopped saving reliably past roughly 85KB. */
2455
2456.rm-idx-h .rm-idx-desc p {
2457	margin: 0 0 1em;
2458}
2459.rm-idx-h .rm-idx-desc p:last-child {
2460	margin-bottom: 0;
2461}
2462.rm-idx-h .rm-idx-desc a {
2463	color: #9A2D2D;
2464	text-decoration: underline;
2465	text-decoration-thickness: 1px;
2466	text-underline-offset: 3px;
2467}
2468.rm-idx-h .rm-idx-desc a:hover {
2469	color: #7A2320;
2470}
2471
2472.single .entry-content > ul li,
2473.single .entry-content > ol li {
2474	font-size: calc(var(--rm-pbase) * var(--rm-pscale));
2475	line-height: var(--rm-plh);
2476	font-variation-settings: 'opsz' 14, 'wght' var(--rmx-body-wght, 400);
2477	color: var(--rm-body);
2478}
2479.single .entry-content > ul li + li,
2480.single .entry-content > ol li + li {
2481	margin-top: 0.5em;
2482}
2483</style>
2484<style id="rm-styles">
2485
2486/* ====================================================================
2487   A. EXISTING TOKENS, RETUNED
2488   Same names as Additional CSS section 0. Only the values change.
2489   ==================================================================== */
2490
2491:root{
2492  /* SURFACES
2493     The old palette was a grey page (--rm-bg #f7f7f5) with white raised
2494     cards. The redesign inverts that: the page is white, and raised
2495     things are a warm tint. So --rm-bg and --rm-card both go white, and
2496     --rm-card-alt becomes the tint that panels, table key columns and
2497     figure placeholders sit on. Every component keeps working because
2498     each one already carries its own border. */
2499  --rm-bg:#FFFFFF;
2500  --rm-card:#FFFFFF;
2501  --rm-card-alt:#FAF9F5;
2502  --rm-hover:#F4F2EC;
2503
2504  /* RULES
2505     Warmed to match the paper tint and lightened one step. The old
2506     #ececeb reads cold and slightly heavy against a white ground. */
2507  --rm-line:#EFEDE7;
2508  --rm-line-2:#E8E4DB;
2509  --rm-line-3:#DCD7CB;
2510
2511  /* TEXT
2512     --rm-body was #33363b, a soft grey. The redesign runs body text at
2513     full ink and lets size and measure do the work instead, so body and
2514     ink converge. --rm-faint moves from #9a9ea6 to #76746F: the old
2515     value is 2.4:1 on white, which fails WCAG AA on the bylines,
2516     counts and captions that use it. */
2517  --rm-ink:#1A1A18;
2518  --rm-body:#1A1A18;
2519  --rm-muted:#5F5E5A;
2520  --rm-faint:#76746F;
2521  --rm-dek:#5F5E5A;
2522
2523  /* ACCENT
2524     Oxblood is unchanged. The soft and line tints are rewarmed to sit
2525     on the new paper rather than the old grey. */
2526  --rm-accent:#9A2D2D;
2527  --rm-accent-soft:#F6E7E4;
2528  --rm-accent-line:#EBD3CF;
2529
2530  /* Section 22 of RM Utility Pages CSS sets the Contact form's submit
2531     button to var(--rm-on-accent). That variable is defined nowhere in
2532     Additional CSS, so the declaration was invalid and the button text
2533     inherited instead of being white. Defining it here fixes the button
2534     without touching that snippet. */
2535  --rm-on-accent:#FFFFFF;
2536
2537  /* READING SCALE
2538     17px to 18.5px, and the line-height opens with it. The larger
2539     reader option moves from 18px to 21px, which is the step the
2540     redesign was drawn at. */
2541  --rm-pbase:20px;
2542  --rm-plh:1.75;
2543}
2544
2545[data-psize="l"]{ --rm-pscale:1.15; }   /* 23px */
2546
2547[data-theme="dark"]{
2548  /* A warm near-black rather than the old neutral #101113, so the dark
2549     theme belongs to the same palette as the light one instead of
2550     reading as a separate skin. */
2551  --rm-bg:#14130F;
2552  --rm-card:#14130F;
2553  --rm-card-alt:#1C1B16;
2554  --rm-hover:#24221B;
2555
2556  /* Solid rather than rgba. Translucent rules compound wherever two
2557     bordered elements meet, which is why a panel edge inside a panel
2558     reads heavier than the one around it. */
2559  --rm-line:#26241D;
2560  --rm-line-2:#2E2B23;
2561  --rm-line-3:#3A362C;
2562
2563  --rm-ink:#EDEAE2;
2564  --rm-body:#E4E0D7;   /* a step under headings; full white over long text is harsh */
2565  --rm-muted:#A6A29A;
2566  --rm-faint:#8A867C;  /* was #666a71, which is 2.9:1 and fails AA */
2567  --rm-dek:#A6A29A;
2568
2569  /* #D2665A works. This is the same idea, half a step warmer and slightly
2570     lighter: 5.9:1 on the new --rm-bg. */
2571  --rm-accent:#D9736B;
2572  --rm-accent-soft:#2E1E1B;
2573  --rm-accent-line:#43241F;
2574
2575  /* The dark accent is light enough that white on it fails; dark text
2576     on the lighter oxblood is 5.9:1. */
2577  --rm-on-accent:#14130F;
2578}
2579
2580
2581/* ====================================================================
2582   B. NEW TOKENS
2583   No equivalent in the old design. --rmx- prefix so nothing can clash.
2584   ==================================================================== */
2585
2586:root{
2587  --rmx-body-wght:490;   /* Piazzolla variable weight for prose */
2588  --rmx-prose:60ch;      /* reading measure for the redesign templates */
2589  --rmx-col:700px;       /* main column */
2590  --rmx-aside:272px;     /* sidebar, replaces --rm-aside-w in new templates */
2591  --rmx-gutter:104px;    /* column gap */
2592  --rmx-on-accent:#FFFFFF;
2593
2594  /* Optical centring for the lowercase mark and wordmark. Piazzolla's em
2595     box reserves descender space that "rm" and "roman mythology" never
2596     use, so both sit low without this. */
2597  --rmx-nudge:-0.16em;
2598}
2599
2600[data-theme="dark"]{
2601  /* Light type on a dark ground optically GAINS weight, which is why your
2602     stylesheet already takes some back on headings with font-weight:450.
2603     So dark runs one step under light, not over it: 465 reversed out
2604     reads at about the same apparent weight as 490 does on white. */
2605  --rmx-body-wght:465;
2606  --rmx-on-accent:#14130F;
2607}
2608
2609
2610/* ====================================================================
2611   C. TYPEFACES
2612   Additional CSS names 'Inter' and 'Newsreader' in about forty places.
2613   Rather than find-and-replace them in the live stylesheet, the families
2614   are reassigned here, where the change is gated and reversible.
2615
2616   The mapping is NOT Inter to Barlow. In the redesign the serif takes
2617   over far more than it used to:
2618
2619     Piazzolla   wordmark, all headings, deks, body prose, pull quotes,
2620                 figure captions, card and result titles
2621     Barlow      nav, kickers, bylines, counts, labels, table headers,
2622                 buttons, pagination, footer, reader controls
2623
2624   So the default is Barlow and the editorial voice is claimed back
2625   explicitly below. That is the safer direction: a UI element that slips
2626   through reads as plain sans, which is survivable, whereas prose that
2627   slips through reads as the old design.
2628
2629   Sizes and weights are NOT touched here. Those are per-template and
2630   come next, so that a problem in this step is always a font problem.
2631   ==================================================================== */
2632
2633/* default: the interface face */
2634body,
2635.rm,
2636.rm-header,
2637.rm-footer,
2638.rm-idx-wrap,
2639.rm-arc-wrap,
2640.rm-sres-wrap,
2641.rm-nf,
2642.rm-rail,
2643.rm-rdr,
2644.rm-gods-index,
2645input, button, select, textarea{
2646  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
2647}
2648
2649/* the editorial face: headings */
2650.single .entry-title,
2651.single .entry-content h2,
2652.single .entry-content h3,
2653.single .entry-content h4,
2654.rm-idx-h h1,
2655.rm-nf h1,
2656.rm-cal-mn h2,
2657.rm-az-l,
2658.rm-related h3,
2659.single .rm-related h3,
2660.single .rm-rel h4{
2661  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
2662}
2663
2664/* the editorial face: prose, deks and quotes */
2665.single .entry-content,
2666.single .entry-content p,
2667.single .entry-content li,
2668.single .rm-dek,
2669.single .entry-content blockquote,
2670.single .rm-famtable td,
2671.single .entry-content .wp-block-table td,
2672.single .entry-content .wp-block-table th{
2673  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
2674}
2675
2676/* the editorial face: titles in lists and cards */
2677.rm-arc-i h2,
2678.rm-sres-i h2,
2679.rm-cidx-c strong,
2680.rm-cal-e strong,
2681.rm-az-e,
2682.rm-rw-i strong,
2683.rm-arc-hub strong,
2684.rm-gods-name,
2685.single .entry-content a.rm-gods-name{
2686  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
2687}
2688
2689/* the wordmark, header and footer */
2690.rm-logo-word,
2691.rm-flogo-word{
2692  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
2693}
2694
2695/* Explicitly kept on Barlow. Each of these sits inside a block that has
2696   just been handed to Piazzolla, so without this they would inherit it.
2697   They are labels and metadata, not editorial text. */
2698.single .entry-content figcaption,
2699.single .rm-eyebrow,
2700.single .rm-kicker,
2701.single .rm-article-meta,
2702.single .entry-content blockquote cite,
2703.single .rm-fact .l,
2704.single .rm-toc-card h4,
2705.single .rm-fact-head h4::before,
2706.single .entry-content .rm-appendix h2,
2707.single .entry-content .rm-appendix li,
2708.single .entry-content .rm-brief-l,
2709.single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t td:first-child,
2710.single .entry-content .wp-block-table thead th,
2711.single .entry-content .cite-this-box,
2712.single .entry-content .cite-this-box p,
2713.single .entry-content .rm-author-eyebrow,
2714.rm-arc-hub-eb,
2715.rm-arc-count,
2716.rm-arc-sort a,
2717.rm-arc-pg a,
2718.rm-arc-pg span,
2719.rm-idx-eb,
2720.rm-rw-h,
2721.rm-rw-i span,
2722.rm-sres-i .k,
2723.rm-sres-meta,
2724.rm-nav a,
2725.rm-fc h5,
2726.rm-gods-section-title,
2727.rm-gods-greek,
2728.rm-gods-domain,
2729.rm-gods-symbol{
2730  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
2731}
2732
2733/* Monospace is untouched: IBM Plex Mono is still doing the counts in the
2734   rail and the pronunciation respellings, and it reads correctly beside
2735   both new faces. */
2736
2737
2738/* ====================================================================
2739   D. ARTICLE TYPOGRAPHY
2740   Sizes, weights and the optical-size axis. Layout is not touched here:
2741   the three-column shell, the rail and the sidebar are all still as they
2742   were, so anything that moves in this step moved because of type.
2743
2744   ON font-variation-settings
2745   Piazzolla's whole argument is its optical size axis: one family sets a
2746   56px headline and a 13px caption correctly. Every rule below therefore
2747   declares BOTH axes together, because font-variation-settings overrides
2748   font-weight entirely. A rule that sets opsz and leaves weight to
2749   font-weight silently renders at 400.
2750   ==================================================================== */
2751
2752/* ---- article head ---- */
2753
2754/* 46px, down from 56. The optical size comes down with it, from 30 to
2755   28: the display cut is drawn for type set larger than this, and at
2756   46px its hairlines start to look brittle. Line-height opens slightly
2757   in exchange, since a smaller headline wraps to more lines. */
2758.single .entry-title{
2759  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 28,'wght' 600;
2760  font-size:clamp(33px,4.2vw,46px);
2761  line-height:1.08;
2762  letter-spacing:-.015em;
2763}
2764
2765/* The dek loses the italic and gains size. It is carrying the job the
2766   old design gave to a lighter grey: it reads as a different KIND of
2767   text through scale and colour, not through slant. */
2768.single .rm-dek{
2769  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 20,'wght' 400;
2770  font-size:23px;
2771  line-height:1.5;
2772  letter-spacing:0;
2773  color:var(--rm-muted);
2774  max-width:46ch;
2775}
2776
2777.single .rm-eyebrow,
2778.single .rm-kicker a{
2779  font-size:12px;
2780  font-weight:600;
2781  letter-spacing:.11em;
2782  text-transform:uppercase;
2783}
2784
2785.single .rm-article-meta{
2786  font-size:13.5px;
2787  flex-wrap:wrap;
2788  row-gap:2px;
2789  column-gap:9px;
2790  align-items:baseline;
2791}
2792/* Each item is one unit. Without this the line breaks inside a value:
2793   "By Julian / Crestwood" on two rows with the separator stranded
2794   between them, which reads as three fields rather than three values. */
2795.single .rm-article-meta > *{ white-space:nowrap; }
2796
2797/* Two forms of the byline, one shown at a time. The long form is the
2798   default, so if the markup in the Article Meta snippet is ever
2799   reverted the line still reads correctly at every width. */
2800.single .rm-upd-short{ display:none; }
2801
2802@media(max-width:640px){
2803  /* Date shortened, author kept.
2804
2805     "By Theo Mercer * 11 min read * Updated September 2026" is about
2806     53 characters, which at 13.5px is roughly 358px against about
2807     346px of usable width on a 390px screen. So it is close, and on
2808     the narrowest phones or with a longer author name it will still
2809     take a second row.
2810
2811     If it wraps, uncomment the two rules at the foot of this block.
2812     Dropping the author takes the line to 36 characters, and the name
2813     is still in the About the Author card under the article. */
2814  .single .rm-upd-long{ display:none; }
2815  .single .rm-upd-short{ display:inline; }
2816
2817  /* If the line still wraps, turn these on.
2818  .single .rm-article-meta .rm-by,
2819  .single .rm-article-meta .rm-sep-by{ display:none; }
2820  .single .rm-article-meta{ flex-wrap:nowrap; }
2821  */
2822}
2823
2824/* ---- prose ---- */
2825
2826/* opsz 14 rather than the 18.5px the text is set at. The axis is tuned
2827   to point sizes, not pixels, so a value near the physical size is
2828   right: 14 opens the apertures and thickens the hairlines for reading,
2829   where 30 would sharpen them for display. */
2830.single .entry-content{
2831  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 14,'wght' var(--rmx-body-wght);
2832  color:var(--rm-body);
2833}
2834.single .entry-content p,
2835.single .entry-content li{
2836  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 14,'wght' var(--rmx-body-wght);
2837  line-height:var(--rm-plh);
2838}
2839.single .entry-content p{ margin:0 0 24px; }
2840
2841/* Lists sit a step below body so they read as a different register
2842   rather than as paragraphs that happen to have dots. The marker comes
2843   down further still: at full size the dots were heavier than the type. */
2844.single .entry-content ul,
2845.single .entry-content ol{
2846  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 12,'wght' var(--rmx-body-wght);
2847  font-size:calc((var(--rm-pbase) * var(--rm-pscale)) - 3px);
2848  line-height:1.68;
2849  margin:0 0 24px 1.1em;
2850}
2851.single .entry-content li{
2852  font-size:inherit;
2853  margin:0 0 7px;
2854}
2855.single .entry-content li::marker{
2856  color:var(--rm-faint);
2857  font-size:.75em;
2858}
2859
2860/* ---- headings ---- */
2861
2862/* 64px above an h2 and 18px below it. The asymmetry is the point: the
2863   heading belongs to the text under it, so the space above has to be
2864   clearly larger or the section boundary reads in the wrong place. */
2865.single .entry-content h2{
2866  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 28,'wght' 600;
2867  font-size:30px;
2868  line-height:1.2;
2869  letter-spacing:-.01em;
2870  margin:64px 0 18px;
2871  color:var(--rm-ink);
2872}
2873.single .entry-content h3{
2874  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 22,'wght' 600;
2875  font-size:21px;
2876  line-height:1.3;
2877  letter-spacing:0;
2878  margin:40px 0 12px;
2879  color:var(--rm-ink);
2880}
2881
2882/* An h2 that opens the article should not carry 64px of space above it. */
2883.single .entry-content > h2:first-child,
2884.single .entry-content > h3:first-child{ margin-top:0; }
2885
2886/* ---- drop cap ---- */
2887
2888/* A drop cap is a float, so the number that matters is the HEIGHT of its
2889   box, not the size of the letter. That height is font-size x
2890   line-height, plus any top padding, and text wraps around whole lines
2891   only: a box one pixel over two lines takes a third, which leaves an
2892   empty well under the letter and staircases the wrap.
2893
2894   So the line-height is computed from the body line-height instead of
2895   guessed. 1.94 rather than 2 leaves a few pixels of slack so rounding
2896   can never tip it over, and the whole thing re-solves itself if
2897   --rm-plh or the body size changes.
2898
2899   Lowering the letter means top padding, and top padding is added to
2900   that same box height. So the letter pays for the drop by coming down
2901   in size: 3.4em to 3.15em buys .07em of padding, which is about 4px at
2902   the default body size, and the line-height subtracts the padding back
2903   out so the box still lands at 1.94 lines.
2904
2905   TO LOWER IT FURTHER: raise .07em and raise the 0.22 by the same
2906   proportion (0.22 = .07 x 3.15, the padding expressed in body ems).
2907   Raising one without the other pushes the wrap to three lines. */
2908.single .entry-content > p:first-of-type::first-letter{
2909  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 30,'wght' 600;
2910  font-size:3.15em;
2911  line-height:calc(((1.94 * var(--rm-plh)) - 0.22) / 3.15);
2912  padding:.07em .1em 0 0;
2913  color:var(--rm-accent);
2914}
2915
2916/* ---- pull quote ---- */
2917
2918.single .entry-content blockquote{
2919  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 20,'wght' 400;
2920  font-size:22px;
2921  line-height:1.5;
2922  border-left-width:2px;
2923  padding:0 0 0 28px;
2924  margin:48px 0;
2925  max-width:52ch;
2926}
2927.single .entry-content blockquote cite{
2928  font-size:13.5px;
2929  color:var(--rm-muted);
2930  margin-top:12px;
2931}
2932
2933/* ---- caption ---- */
2934
2935/* Barlow, roman, and allowed the full column width. The old italic serif
2936   caption competed with the body text it sat under; a sans caption reads
2937   immediately as apparatus rather than as prose. */
2938.single .entry-content figcaption{
2939  font-size:14px;
2940  font-style:normal;
2941  line-height:1.55;
2942  color:var(--rm-muted);
2943  max-width:none;
2944  margin-top:13px;
2945}
2946
2947/* ---- links in prose ---- */
2948
2949.single .entry-content a{
2950  text-underline-offset:2.5px;
2951}
2952
2953/* ---- Latin terms ---- */
2954
2955/* Piazzolla's italic is drawn rather than sloped, so terms like
2956   pomerium and lupa sit correctly in running text without a size change. */
2957.single .entry-content em,
2958.single .entry-content i{
2959  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 14,'wght' var(--rmx-body-wght);
2960}
2961
2962
2963/* ====================================================================
2964   E. ARTICLE LAYOUT
2965   Three columns to two. The 230px category rail comes out and the
2966   reading column is pinned rather than fluid.
2967
2968   WHY THE RAIL GOES
2969   It was carrying navigation that the header, the footer and the
2970   related block all carry too, and it cost 230px plus a 52px gap on
2971   every article. Taking it out lets the article sit centred in the
2972   viewport instead of pushed right, which is most of what made the old
2973   layout feel unlike the mockups.
2974
2975   The rail markup still renders; it is hidden here rather than deleted,
2976   so switching the preview off restores it. Section G deletes it for
2977   real once this is signed off.
2978
2979   GEOMETRY
2980   700 main + 104 gutter + 272 aside = 1076, centred. Prose is then
2981   capped at 60ch INSIDE the 700, so paragraphs run about 62 characters
2982   and the remaining width becomes breathing room. Figures, tables, the
2983   brief box and the ad slots keep the full 700 and break past the prose
2984   cap, which is what gives the column its rhythm.
2985
2986   Several rules below carry !important. That is not laziness: section 9
2987   of Additional CSS sets flex on .content-area and .rm-aside with
2988   !important inside a min-width:1200px query, and source order alone
2989   does not beat it.
2990   ==================================================================== */
2991
2992/* ---- the rail ---- */
2993
2994.single .rm-railcol{ display:none !important; }
2995
2996/* ---- the shell ---- */
2997
2998@media(min-width:1000px){
2999
3000  .single .site-content{
3001    display:flex;
3002    align-items:flex-start;
3003    justify-content:center;
3004    max-width:calc(var(--rmx-col) + var(--rmx-gutter) + var(--rmx-aside));
3005    margin:0 auto;
3006    padding-left:24px;
3007    padding-right:24px;
3008    gap:var(--rmx-gutter);
3009  }
3010
3011  .single .content-area{
3012    flex:0 0 var(--rmx-col) !important;
3013    width:var(--rmx-col);
3014    max-width:var(--rmx-col) !important;
3015    min-width:0;
3016  }
3017
3018  .single .rm-aside{
3019    flex:0 0 var(--rmx-aside) !important;
3020    width:var(--rmx-aside);
3021    padding-top:var(--rm-side-top);
3022  }
3023
3024}
3025
3026/* Between 1000 and 1200 the old stylesheet has no shell rules at all, so
3027   without this the article reverts to GeneratePress's own container the
3028   moment the viewport drops under 1200. The query above starts at 1000
3029   instead, and the rail is hidden at every width, so the two-column
3030   layout holds across the whole desktop range. */
3031
3032/* ---- reading measure ---- */
3033
3034/* Capped on the text only. Anything that is not a paragraph, heading or
3035   list keeps the full column: images want the width, tables need it,
3036   and an ad slot that is narrower than the text around it looks broken
3037   rather than restrained. */
3038.single .entry-content > p,
3039.single .entry-content > h2,
3040.single .entry-content > h3,
3041.single .entry-content > h4,
3042.single .entry-content > ul,
3043.single .entry-content > ol{
3044  max-width:var(--rmx-prose);
3045}
3046
3047/* The head block follows the same measure as the text under it, or the
3048   dek and the title sit on a different left-to-right rhythm than the
3049   article. The title is allowed to run wider: at 46px, 60ch would let
3050   it reach nearly 1200px. */
3051.single .entry-title{ max-width:22ch; }
3052.single .rm-head-extra,
3053.single .rm-article-meta{ max-width:var(--rmx-prose); }
3054
3055/* ---- sticky offsets ---- */
3056
3057/* The header is 72px and sticky, so anything else that sticks has to
3058   clear it. 96 gives 24px of air between the two. */
3059.single .inside-right-sidebar,
3060.single .rm-aside{ top:96px; }
3061
3062/* ---- tablet and phone ---- */
3063
3064@media(max-width:999px){
3065  .single .site-content{
3066    display:block;
3067    max-width:none;
3068    padding-left:22px;
3069    padding-right:22px;
3070  }
3071  .single .content-area{
3072    flex:none !important;
3073    width:auto;
3074    max-width:none !important;
3075  }
3076
3077  /* GeneratePress pads .site-main, .inside-article and .entry-content
3078     independently of the container. Additional CSS only clears that
3079     chain above 1200px, so on a phone the article sat roughly 45px
3080     further in than the homepage, which sets its own gutter. Clearing
3081     it here puts every template on the same 22px edge. */
3082  .single .site-main,
3083  .single .inside-article,
3084  .single .entry-content{
3085    padding-left:0;
3086    padding-right:0;
3087    margin-left:0;
3088    margin-right:0;
3089    max-width:none;
3090  }
3091  .single .rm-aside{
3092    flex:none !important;
3093    width:auto;
3094    padding-top:0;
3095    margin-top:48px;
3096    border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line);
3097    position:static;
3098  }
3099  /* On one column the prose cap is wider than the viewport anyway, so
3100     it does nothing except stop the text filling a tablet. */
3101  .single .entry-content > p,
3102  .single .entry-content > h2,
3103  .single .entry-content > h3,
3104  .single .entry-content > h4,
3105  .single .entry-content > ul,
3106  .single .entry-content > ol,
3107  .single .entry-title,
3108  .single .rm-head-extra,
3109  .single .rm-article-meta{ max-width:none; }
3110}
3111
3112
3113/* ====================================================================
3114   F. ARTICLE COMPONENTS
3115   Key Facts, the family table and the related block, restyled to the
3116   mockup. All three are driven by ACF through Article Template Helpers,
3117   so every existing post picks this up with no editing.
3118
3119   Key Facts stays in the right sidebar, where [rm_sidebar] puts it. The
3120   mockup had it in the article body, which reads better on a deity page
3121   but means moving the shortcode and giving up the sticky behaviour.
3122   That is a decision, not a detail, so it is left alone for now.
3123   ==================================================================== */
3124
3125/* ---- Key Facts ---- */
3126
3127/* A tinted panel rather than a white card with a header bar. On a white
3128   page a white card can only be defined by its border, so it ends up
3129   drawn in lines; a tint defines it with no lines at all. */
3130.single .rm-fact-card{
3131  background:var(--rm-card-alt);
3132  border:0;
3133  border-radius:4px;
3134  overflow:visible;
3135}
3136.single .rm-fact-head{
3137  background:transparent;
3138  border-bottom:0;
3139  padding:18px 20px 0;
3140}
3141.single .rm-fact-head h4::before{
3142  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3143  font-size:11.5px;
3144  font-weight:600;
3145  letter-spacing:.09em;
3146  color:var(--rm-muted);
3147}
3148.single .rm-facts{ padding:14px 20px 18px; }
3149
3150/* The rules run between rows only, not around them, so the panel edge is
3151   the tint and nothing else. */
3152.single .rm-fact{
3153  grid-template-columns:86px 1fr;
3154  gap:14px;
3155  padding:10px 0;
3156  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
3157}
3158.single .rm-fact:first-child{ padding-top:0; }
3159.single .rm-fact:last-child{ border-bottom:0; padding-bottom:0; }
3160.single .rm-fact .l{
3161  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3162  font-size:12px;
3163  line-height:1.5;
3164  color:var(--rm-muted);
3165}
3166.single .rm-fact .v{
3167  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
3168  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 12,'wght' 400;
3169  font-size:14.5px;
3170  line-height:1.45;
3171  color:var(--rm-ink);
3172}
3173
3174/* ---- family table ---- */
3175
3176/* The card treatment comes off: no border, no radius, no tinted key
3177   column. A family table is data inside an article, not an object
3178   sitting on top of it, so hairlines between the rows are enough.
3179
3180   Every border is cleared on the table, the tbody, the row AND the
3181   cell before one is put back. Clearing it on the table alone leaves
3182   the cell borders that GeneratePress and the block editor both apply,
3183   which is where the vertical rules between the columns and down the
3184   right-hand edge were coming from.
3185
3186   Selectors are table.rm-famtable inside .entry-content so they outrank
3187   both of those without !important. */
3188.single .entry-content table.rm-famtable,
3189.single .entry-content table.rm-famtable tbody,
3190.single .entry-content table.rm-famtable tr,
3191.single .entry-content table.rm-famtable td{
3192  border:0;
3193  background:transparent;
3194  border-radius:0;
3195  box-shadow:none;
3196}
3197
3198.single .entry-content table.rm-famtable{
3199  width:100%;
3200  max-width:var(--rmx-prose);
3201  margin:26px 0 40px;
3202  border-collapse:collapse;
3203  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
3204  table-layout:fixed;
3205}
3206
3207.single .entry-content table.rm-famtable td{
3208  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
3209  padding:13px 20px 13px 0;
3210  /* Baseline, not top. The label is 12.5px and the value 17px, so
3211     aligning their boxes leaves the label floating above the text it
3212     names; aligning the baselines sits them on the same line. */
3213  vertical-align:baseline;
3214  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
3215  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 12,'wght' 400;
3216  font-size:17px;
3217  line-height:1.5;
3218  color:var(--rm-ink);
3219}
3220.single .entry-content table.rm-famtable tr:last-child td{ border-bottom:0; }
3221
3222.single .entry-content table.rm-famtable td.k{
3223  width:120px;
3224  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3225  font-size:12.5px;
3226  font-weight:600;
3227  letter-spacing:.06em;
3228  line-height:1.5;
3229  color:var(--rm-muted);
3230  white-space:nowrap;
3231  padding-right:24px;
3232}
3233
3234/* ---- related ---- */
3235
3236/* The lift-on-hover and the 16px radius both date the block. Flat cards
3237   with a hairline read as part of the page rather than as widgets
3238   floating above it, and the hover moves to the title instead. */
3239.single .rm-related{
3240  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
3241  padding-top:44px;
3242  margin-top:56px;
3243}
3244.single .rm-related h3{
3245  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 26,'wght' 600;
3246  font-size:27px;
3247  letter-spacing:-.008em;
3248  margin:0 0 28px;
3249}
3250.single .rm-rel-grid{ gap:32px; }
3251.single .rm-rel{
3252  background:transparent;
3253  border:0;
3254  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line);
3255  border-radius:0;
3256  padding:16px 0 0;
3257  transition:none;
3258}
3259.single .rm-rel:hover{
3260  transform:none;
3261  box-shadow:none;
3262  border-top-color:var(--rm-accent);
3263}
3264.single .rm-rel .t{
3265  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3266  font-size:11.5px;
3267  font-weight:600;
3268  letter-spacing:.09em;
3269  text-transform:uppercase;
3270}
3271.single .rm-rel h4{
3272  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 18,'wght' 500;
3273  font-size:20px;
3274  line-height:1.25;
3275  letter-spacing:-.008em;
3276  margin:8px 0 6px;
3277}
3278.single .rm-rel:hover h4{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
3279.single .rm-rel p{
3280  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3281  font-size:14px;
3282  line-height:1.55;
3283}
3284
3285/* ---- the brief box on myth articles ---- */
3286
3287/* Already close. It loses the border in favour of the same tint Key
3288   Facts uses, so the two read as one family, and the notched label
3289   becomes a plain one since there is no longer a border to notch into. */
3290.single .entry-content .rm-brief{
3291  background:var(--rm-card-alt);
3292  border:0;
3293  border-radius:4px;
3294  padding:26px 28px 24px;
3295  max-width:var(--rmx-prose);
3296}
3297.single .entry-content .rm-brief-l{
3298  position:static;
3299  display:block;
3300  padding:0;
3301  margin:0 0 14px;
3302  background:transparent;
3303  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3304  font-size:11.5px;
3305  font-weight:600;
3306  letter-spacing:.09em;
3307  color:var(--rm-muted);
3308}
3309.single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t td{
3310  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
3311  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 12,'wght' 400;
3312  font-size:16px;
3313  border-bottom-color:var(--rm-line-2);
3314}
3315.single .entry-content .wp-block-table.rm-brief-t td:first-child{
3316  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3317  font-size:11px;
3318  letter-spacing:.08em;
3319  color:var(--rm-muted);
3320}
3321
3322
3323/* ====================================================================
3324   G. HEADER
3325   Requires the updated "RM Header" element, which prints both the live
3326   markup and the redesign markup with the redesign hidden inline. The
3327   two swap rules below carry !important because an inline style
3328   attribute outranks a stylesheet without it. Nothing else here does.
3329   ==================================================================== */
3330
3331/* ---- swap ---- */
3332
3333.rm-header .rm-logo-old,
3334.rm-header .rm-search-old{ display:none !important; }
3335.rm-header .rm-logo-new{ display:inline-flex !important; align-items:center; gap:12px; }
3336.rm-header .rm-search-new{ display:flex !important; }
3337
3338/* ---- the mark ---- */
3339
3340/* The letters sit low in a circle if they are centred mathematically:
3341   Piazzolla's em box reserves descender space that "rm" never uses. The
3342   nudge is in em, so it holds at any size the mark is set at. */
3343/* Not scoped to the header: the footer lockup uses the same mark. */
3344.rm-mark{
3345  flex:0 0 auto;
3346  width:34px;
3347  height:34px;
3348  border-radius:50%;
3349  background:var(--rm-accent);
3350  color:var(--rmx-on-accent);
3351  display:flex;
3352  align-items:center;
3353  justify-content:center;
3354  overflow:hidden;
3355  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
3356  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 30,'wght' 700;
3357  font-size:19px;
3358  line-height:1;
3359}
3360.rm-mark > span{
3361  display:block;
3362  transform:translateY(var(--rmx-nudge));
3363}
3364
3365/* ---- the wordmark ---- */
3366
3367.rm-header .rm-logo-new .rm-logo-word{
3368  display:block;
3369  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
3370  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 30,'wght' 600;
3371  font-size:24px;
3372  line-height:1;
3373  letter-spacing:-.014em;
3374  color:var(--rm-ink);
3375  transform:translateY(var(--rmx-nudge));
3376}
3377.rm-logo-stop{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
3378.rm-header .rm-logo-new:hover .rm-logo-word{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
3379
3380/* ---- nav ---- */
3381
3382/* Sentence case at reading size rather than 10px uppercase. Six items
3383   set in small caps read as a toolbar; set as words they read as a
3384   contents list, which is what they are. */
3385.rm-header .rm-nav{ gap:26px; }
3386.rm-header .rm-nav a{
3387  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3388  font-size:14.5px;
3389  font-weight:400;
3390  letter-spacing:0;
3391  text-transform:none;
3392  color:var(--rm-ink);
3393}
3394.rm-header .rm-nav a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
3395.rm-header .rm-nav a[aria-current="page"],
3396.rm-header .rm-nav a.on{ color:var(--rm-accent); font-weight:600; }
3397
3398/* ---- search ---- */
3399
3400/* A field with a button rather than a rounded box with an icon. The
3401   rounded box reads as a decorative element; a field with a labelled
3402   button reads as something you type into, which is the point on a
3403   reference site where search is the main way in. */
3404.rm-header .rm-search-new{
3405  align-items:stretch;
3406  height:auto;
3407  width:auto;
3408  padding:0;
3409  border:0;
3410  border-radius:0;
3411  background:transparent;
3412  /* Section 3 sets gap:9px on .rm-header .rm-search, which applies to
3413     this one too. The input gives up its right border so the button can
3414     butt against it, so a gap leaves that edge open. */
3415  gap:0;
3416}
3417.rm-header .rm-search-new:focus-within{ box-shadow:none; }
3418.rm-header .rm-search-new input{
3419  width:180px;
3420  height:40px;
3421  padding:0 12px;
3422  border:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
3423  border-right:0;
3424  border-radius:3px 0 0 3px;
3425  background:var(--rm-card);
3426  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3427  font-size:14px;
3428  color:var(--rm-ink);
3429}
3430.rm-header .rm-search-new input::placeholder{ color:var(--rm-faint); }
3431.rm-header .rm-search-new input:focus{
3432  outline:none;
3433  border-color:var(--rm-faint);
3434}
3435.rm-header .rm-search-go{
3436  height:40px;
3437  padding:0 16px;
3438  border:1px solid var(--rm-accent);
3439  border-radius:0 3px 3px 0;
3440  background:var(--rm-accent);
3441  color:var(--rmx-on-accent);
3442  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3443  font-size:12px;
3444  font-weight:600;
3445  letter-spacing:.08em;
3446  text-transform:uppercase;
3447  cursor:pointer;
3448}
3449.rm-header .rm-search-go:hover{
3450  background:var(--rm-accent-line);
3451  border-color:var(--rm-accent-line);
3452  color:var(--rm-ink);
3453}
3454
3455/* ---- mobile ---- */
3456
3457@media(max-width:900px){
3458  /* Section 3 of Additional CSS hides the desktop search below 900 with a
3459     three-class selector. The redesign form needs the same treatment, and
3460     the inline style means !important again. */
3461  .rm-header .rm-head-wrap .rm-search-new{ display:none !important; }
3462  .rm-header .rm-logo-new .rm-logo-word{ font-size:21px; }
3463  .rm-header .rm-mark{ width:30px; height:30px; font-size:17px; }
3464}
3465
3466
3467/* ====================================================================
3468   H. ARCHIVE, INDEX PAGES AND SEARCH
3469   The .rm-idx shell is shared by the category archive, the A-Z, the
3470   festival calendar, the categories index and the search results, so
3471   this section changes all five at once. That is the point: they were
3472   built to share a geometry and they should keep sharing it.
3473
3474   Three columns to two, and the whole site moves onto one measure.
3475
3476   THE MEASURE
3477   Additional CSS centres every shell arithmetically against
3478   --rm-shell-measure, currently 1240px, with --rm-idx-gutter for the
3479   outer padding. Both are just numbers, so retuning them moves the
3480   header, footer, archive, index pages and search together onto the
3481   article's new 1076px. No selector rewriting, no duplicated geometry.
3482   ==================================================================== */
3483
3484:root{
3485  /* 700 main + 104 gutter + 272 aside. The same figure the article
3486     shell uses, so a reader moving from a category to an article sees
3487     the text start in the same place. */
3488  --rm-shell-measure:1076px;
3489  --rm-idx-gutter:24px;
3490}
3491
3492/* The masthead and footer read --rm-idx-gutter for their padding but cap
3493   themselves at 1340px, which would leave them wider than everything
3494   under them. */
3495.rm-head-wrap,
3496.rm-foot-wrap{ max-width:calc(1076px + 48px); }
3497
3498/* ---- the shell ---- */
3499
3500.rm-idx-nav{ display:none; }
3501
3502.rm-idx,
3503.rm-idx.no-left{
3504  grid-template-columns:minmax(0,var(--rmx-col)) var(--rmx-aside);
3505  column-gap:var(--rmx-gutter);
3506  justify-content:center;
3507}
3508.rm-idx.no-right{ grid-template-columns:minmax(0,var(--rmx-col)); }
3509
3510.rm-idx-main{ padding:56px 0 72px; }
3511.rm-idx-rail{ padding:56px 0 72px; top:96px; }
3512
3513/* ---- page head ---- */
3514
3515.rm-idx-h{
3516  padding:0 0 34px;
3517  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
3518}
3519.rm-idx-eb{
3520  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3521  font-size:12px;
3522  font-weight:600;
3523  letter-spacing:.11em;
3524  margin-bottom:20px;
3525}
3526.rm-idx-h h1{
3527  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 28,'wght' 600;
3528  font-size:clamp(33px,4.2vw,46px);
3529  line-height:1.08;
3530  letter-spacing:-.015em;
3531  margin:0 0 18px;
3532}
3533
3534/* The category description is the only prose on an archive, and it is
3535   what gives a page of links something to read. Set as body text, not
3536   as a caption. */
3537.rm-idx-h p{
3538  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
3539  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 16,'wght' var(--rmx-body-wght);
3540  font-size:19px;
3541  line-height:1.66;
3542  color:var(--rm-body);
3543  max-width:54ch;
3544}
3545
3546/* ---- sort bar ---- */
3547
3548/* Plain links rather than bordered pills. Six outlined buttons in a row
3549   under a headline compete with it; the sort is a refinement, not a
3550   call to action. */
3551.rm-arc-bar{
3552  padding:16px 0;
3553  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line);
3554  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
3555  margin-bottom:4px;
3556}
3557.rm-arc-count{
3558  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3559  font-size:13px;
3560  color:var(--rm-faint);
3561}
3562.rm-arc-sort{ gap:18px; }
3563.rm-arc-sort a{
3564  border:0;
3565  border-radius:0;
3566  padding:0;
3567  background:transparent;
3568  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3569  font-size:13.5px;
3570  font-weight:400;
3571  letter-spacing:0;
3572  text-transform:none;
3573  color:var(--rm-muted);
3574}
3575.rm-arc-sort a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
3576.rm-arc-sort a[aria-pressed="true"]{
3577  background:transparent;
3578  border:0;
3579  color:var(--rm-accent);
3580  font-weight:600;
3581}
3582
3583/* ---- the hub card ---- */
3584
3585.rm-arc-hub{
3586  background:var(--rm-card-alt);
3587  border:0;
3588  border-left:2px solid var(--rm-accent);
3589  border-radius:0 4px 4px 0;
3590  padding:20px 22px;
3591  margin:28px 0 0;
3592}
3593.rm-arc-hub:hover{ border-left-color:var(--rm-accent); }
3594.rm-arc-hub-eb{
3595  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3596  font-size:11.5px;
3597  letter-spacing:.09em;
3598}
3599.rm-arc-hub strong{
3600  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
3601  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 18,'wght' 500;
3602  font-size:20px;
3603  line-height:1.25;
3604  letter-spacing:-.008em;
3605}
3606.rm-arc-hub-dek{
3607  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3608  font-size:14px;
3609}
3610
3611/* ---- the list ---- */
3612
3613.rm-arc-list{ border-bottom:0; }
3614.rm-arc-i{
3615  padding:24px 0;
3616  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
3617}
3618.rm-arc-i h2{
3619  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 18,'wght' 500;
3620  font-size:21px;
3621  line-height:1.26;
3622  letter-spacing:-.01em;
3623  margin:0 0 8px;
3624}
3625.rm-arc-i p{
3626  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
3627  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 12,'wght' var(--rmx-body-wght);
3628  font-size:16px;
3629  line-height:1.6;
3630  max-width:56ch;
3631}
3632
3633/* ---- pager ---- */
3634
3635.rm-arc-pg{ padding:36px 0 0; gap:6px; }
3636.rm-arc-pg a,
3637.rm-arc-pg span{
3638  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3639  font-size:14px;
3640  font-weight:400;
3641  min-width:38px;
3642  height:38px;
3643  padding:0 12px;
3644  display:flex;
3645  align-items:center;
3646  justify-content:center;
3647  border-color:var(--rm-line-2);
3648  border-radius:3px;
3649  font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums lining-nums;
3650}
3651/* Oxblood rather than solid ink. The current page is a state, not a
3652   button, and ink-filled it reads as the most important thing on the
3653   row. */
3654.rm-arc-pg .current{
3655  background:var(--rm-accent);
3656  border-color:var(--rm-accent);
3657  color:var(--rmx-on-accent);
3658  font-weight:600;
3659}
3660.rm-arc-pg .dots{ border-color:transparent; }
3661
3662/* ---- rail widgets ---- */
3663
3664.rm-rw{ margin-bottom:38px; }
3665.rm-rw-h{
3666  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3667  font-size:11.5px;
3668  font-weight:600;
3669  letter-spacing:.09em;
3670  color:var(--rm-muted);
3671  padding-bottom:11px;
3672  margin-bottom:2px;
3673  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
3674}
3675.rm-rw-i{ padding:12px 0; }
3676.rm-rw-i strong{
3677  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
3678  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 14,'wght' 500;
3679  font-size:16.5px;
3680  line-height:1.3;
3681  letter-spacing:-.008em;
3682}
3683.rm-rw-i span{
3684  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3685  font-size:13px;
3686  color:var(--rm-muted);
3687}
3688
3689/* ---- search results ---- */
3690
3691.rm-sres-i h2{
3692  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 18,'wght' 500;
3693  font-size:21px;
3694  line-height:1.26;
3695  letter-spacing:-.01em;
3696}
3697.rm-sres-i p{
3698  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
3699  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 12,'wght' var(--rmx-body-wght);
3700  font-size:16px;
3701  line-height:1.6;
3702}
3703.rm-sres-i .k{
3704  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3705  font-size:11.5px;
3706  letter-spacing:.09em;
3707}
3708.rm-sres-q input{ font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif; font-size:15px; }
3709
3710/* ---- responsive ---- */
3711
3712/* Additional CSS drops the rail at 1200 and stacks at 900. With the rail
3713   gone at every width, the two-column shell holds down to 1000 and then
3714   stacks, matching the article. */
3715@media(max-width:999px){
3716  .rm-idx,
3717  .rm-idx.no-left,
3718  .rm-idx.no-right{ grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr); }
3719  .rm-idx-main{ padding:40px 0 48px; }
3720  .rm-idx-rail{
3721    position:static;
3722    padding:36px 0 56px;
3723    border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
3724  }
3725}
3726
3727
3728/* ====================================================================
3729   I. FOOTER
3730   Styling only. The wordmark markup is untouched, so the footer still
3731   reads "romanmythology.com" rather than the new lockup; changing that
3732   means editing the RM Footer element, which is a separate step.
3733   ==================================================================== */
3734
3735/* --rm-footer was painted with --rm-bg, which used to be the grey page
3736   colour against white cards. Now that --rm-bg is white it disappears
3737   into the page, so the footer moves onto the tint instead. This is the
3738   same inversion Key Facts and the brief box went through. */
3739.rm-footer{
3740  background:var(--rm-card-alt);
3741  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
3742  padding:60px 0 36px;
3743}
3744
3745/* ---- the lockup ---- */
3746
3747/* Requires the updated RM Footer element. Same both-versions arrangement
3748   as the header, so the !important is for the inline display:none and
3749   nothing else. */
3750.rm-footer .rm-flogo-old{ display:none !important; }
3751.rm-footer .rm-flogo-new{
3752  display:inline-flex !important;
3753  align-items:center;
3754  gap:11px;
3755  text-decoration:none;
3756}
3757
3758.rm-footer .rm-mark{
3759  width:30px;
3760  height:30px;
3761  font-size:17px;
3762}
3763
3764.rm-flogo-word{
3765  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
3766  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 30,'wght' 600;
3767  font-size:22px;
3768  letter-spacing:-.014em;
3769  line-height:1;
3770  display:block;
3771  color:var(--rm-ink);
3772  transform:translateY(var(--rmx-nudge));
3773}
3774.rm-footer .rm-flogo-new:hover .rm-flogo-word{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
3775
3776.rm-fdesc{
3777  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
3778  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 12,'wght' 400;
3779  font-size:14.5px;
3780  line-height:1.6;
3781  color:var(--rm-muted);
3782  max-width:36ch;
3783  margin-top:14px;
3784}
3785
3786.rm-fc h5{
3787  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3788  font-size:11.5px;
3789  font-weight:600;
3790  letter-spacing:.09em;
3791  color:var(--rm-muted);
3792  margin-bottom:14px;
3793}
3794.rm-fc a{
3795  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3796  font-size:14.5px;
3797  padding:6px 0;
3798  color:var(--rm-muted);
3799}
3800.rm-fc a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
3801
3802.rm-fb{
3803  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3804  font-size:13px;
3805  margin-top:48px;
3806  padding-top:24px;
3807  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
3808}
3809
3810
3811/* ====================================================================
3812   J. FIGURES
3813   A crop box on the in-article image, so every post gets the same
3814   picture shape regardless of what was uploaded.
3815
3816   The crop goes on the IMG, not the FIGURE. A figure contains the
3817   caption as well as the image, so aspect-ratio on it is overruled the
3818   moment the content is taller than the ratio allows — which it always
3819   is, because of the caption. All that survives is the background,
3820   which is what put a beige band behind the caption.
3821
3822   This is a DISPLAY crop. The browser still downloads the whole file,
3823   so it fixes the layout and the scroll depth but not the bytes. The
3824   byte fix is a real crop: register an image size, regenerate, and
3825   point snippet 4158 at it.
3826   ==================================================================== */
3827
3828:root{
3829  /* The uploads are 3:2 (1024x683), so 3/2 crops nothing at all. Any
3830     value here has to be WIDER than the source to have an effect.
3831
3832     At a 700px column:
3833       3 / 2   467px tall   the source ratio, no crop
3834       16 / 9  394px tall   loses 15% off top and bottom
3835       2 / 1   350px tall   loses 25%, cinematic
3836       21 / 9  300px tall   a band rather than a picture
3837
3838     16/9 is the setting here. It is the smallest change that actually
3839     shortens the figure, and it crops sky and foreground rather than
3840     the subject, which sits in the middle third of these images. */
3841  --rmx-fig-ratio:16 / 9;
3842}
3843
3844.single .entry-content .rm-inline-figure img,
3845.single .entry-content img.rm-featimg,
3846.single .rm-figure img,
3847.single .entry-content > figure img,
3848.single .entry-content .wp-block-image img{
3849  width:100%;
3850  height:auto;
3851  aspect-ratio:var(--rmx-fig-ratio);
3852  object-fit:cover;
3853  /* Slightly above centre. Most of these images put the subject in the
3854     upper half, and a dead-centre crop takes the top of a head off more
3855     often than it takes anything useful from the foreground. */
3856  object-position:center 42%;
3857  display:block;
3858  /* Holds the box before the file arrives, so there is no layout shift
3859     and the ad slots below do not reflow. */
3860  background:var(--rm-card-alt);
3861}
3862
3863/* No background, no crop and no overflow on the figure itself: it is
3864   just a wrapper around an image and its caption. */
3865.single .entry-content > figure,
3866.single .entry-content .rm-inline-figure,
3867.single .rm-figure{
3868  background:transparent;
3869  aspect-ratio:auto;
3870  overflow:visible;
3871  border-radius:0;
3872}
3873
3874/* Square corners. An 18px radius reads as a card in a product UI, which
3875   is the wrong register for engravings, reliefs and coins: those are
3876   objects photographed or drawn, not interface elements. A hard edge
3877   also lets the image sit flush with the text column, so the left edge
3878   of the picture lines up with the left edge of every paragraph. */
3879.single .entry-content img,
3880.single .entry-content .rm-inline-figure img,
3881.single .rm-featimg,
3882.single .rm-figure img{ border-radius:0; }
3883
3884/* The lightbox keeps a small radius, because there it IS a panel
3885   floating over a dimmed page rather than part of the column. */
3886.rm-lightbox img{ border-radius:3px; }
3887
3888/* The caption needs to clear the paragraph that follows it. 26px above
3889   the figure and 8px under the image is the old spacing, which left the
3890   caption sitting almost against the next line of body text. */
3891.single .entry-content figure,
3892.single .entry-content .rm-inline-figure,
3893.single .rm-figure{ margin:30px 0 34px; }
3894.single .entry-content figcaption{ margin:12px 0 0; }
3895
3896/* Internal Link Juicer injects links into figcaption, which reads as an
3897   error rather than a feature: a caption is apparatus, not prose. The
3898   real fix is adding figcaption to ILJ's exclusion list; this is the
3899   containment until that happens. */
3900.single .entry-content figcaption a{
3901  color:inherit;
3902  border-bottom:0;
3903  text-decoration:none;
3904  pointer-events:none;
3905}
3906
3907
3908/* ====================================================================
3909   K. INDEX PAGES
3910   The A-Z, the festival calendar, the categories index and the 404.
3911   Section H gave them the new shell and measure; this gives them the
3912   type. All four are on .rm-idx, so nothing structural changes here.
3913   ==================================================================== */
3914
3915/* ---- A to Z ---- */
3916
3917.rm-az-sec{ padding:30px 0 8px; }
3918.rm .rm-az-l{
3919  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 24,'wght' 600;
3920  font-size:24px;
3921  letter-spacing:-.01em;
3922  margin:0 0 14px;
3923}
3924.rm-az-e{
3925  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
3926  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 12,'wght' 400;
3927  font-size:16px;
3928  line-height:1.95;
3929  letter-spacing:0;
3930  color:var(--rm-ink);
3931  /* The hanging indent has to match the type size or a wrapped title
3932     lines up with nothing. */
3933  padding-left:17px;
3934  text-indent:-17px;
3935}
3936
3937/* ---- festival calendar ---- */
3938
3939/* The month column narrows from 150 to 120. At a 700px main column the
3940   old split left the entries themselves under 500px, which is tight for
3941   a name, a date and a description. */
3942.rm-cal-m{
3943  grid-template-columns:120px minmax(0,1fr);
3944  gap:28px;
3945  padding:30px 0;
3946}
3947.rm-cal-mn h2{
3948  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 24,'wght' 600;
3949  font-size:24px;
3950  line-height:1.15;
3951  letter-spacing:-.012em;
3952  margin:0 0 5px;
3953}
3954.rm-cal-mn span{
3955  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3956  font-size:11.5px;
3957  letter-spacing:.08em;
3958  text-transform:uppercase;
3959  color:var(--rm-faint);
3960}
3961.rm-cal-e{
3962  grid-template-columns:96px 1fr;
3963  gap:18px;
3964  padding:13px 0;
3965}
3966.rm-cal-e strong{
3967  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
3968  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 14,'wght' 500;
3969  font-size:17px;
3970  line-height:1.3;
3971  letter-spacing:-.008em;
3972  margin-bottom:4px;
3973}
3974.rm-cal-e p{
3975  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
3976  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 12,'wght' 400;
3977  font-size:15px;
3978  line-height:1.6;
3979}
3980/* Dates are the column readers scan, so they get tabular figures: the
3981   numerals line up whatever the day is. */
3982.rm-cal-d{
3983  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
3984  font-size:12.5px;
3985  letter-spacing:0;
3986  font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums lining-nums;
3987  padding-top:4px;
3988}
3989.rm-cal-e.on{
3990  background:var(--rm-accent-soft);
3991  border-radius:4px;
3992  margin:0 -14px;
3993  padding:13px 14px;
3994}
3995
3996/* ---- today in the rail ---- */
3997
3998/* The date is the first thing a reader looks for in this widget, and at
3999   11px tracked-out it was the smallest thing in it. Set at display size
4000   in the serif, it becomes the heading of the block and the festival
4001   name below reads as the answer to it.
4002
4003   The padding above separates it from the rule under the widget title,
4004   which the old 11px date sat almost against. */
4005.rm-rw-today .d{
4006  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4007  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 22,'wght' 600;
4008  font-size:26px;
4009  line-height:1.1;
4010  letter-spacing:-.012em;
4011  color:var(--rm-accent);
4012  font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums lining-nums;
4013  text-transform:none;
4014  padding-top:14px;
4015  margin-bottom:10px;
4016}
4017.rm-rw-today strong{
4018  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4019  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 14,'wght' 500;
4020  font-size:16.5px;
4021  line-height:1.3;
4022  letter-spacing:-.008em;
4023  margin-bottom:6px;
4024}
4025.rm-rw-today p{
4026  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4027  font-size:13.5px;
4028  line-height:1.55;
4029}
4030
4031/* ---- categories index ---- */
4032
4033.rm-cidx-g{
4034  border-color:var(--rm-line-2);
4035  border-radius:4px;
4036  background:var(--rm-line-2);
4037}
4038.rm-cidx-c{ padding:22px 24px 24px; }
4039.rm-cidx-c strong{
4040  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4041  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 18,'wght' 500;
4042  font-size:19px;
4043  line-height:1.25;
4044  letter-spacing:-.01em;
4045  margin-bottom:7px;
4046}
4047.rm-cidx-c p{
4048  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4049  font-size:14px;
4050  line-height:1.55;
4051}
4052.rm-cidx-c span{
4053  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4054  font-size:12px;
4055  letter-spacing:.06em;
4056  text-transform:uppercase;
4057  color:var(--rm-faint);
4058}
4059
4060/* ---- 404 ---- */
4061
4062.rm-nf{ padding:96px 28px 120px; }
4063.rm-nf-code{
4064  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4065  font-size:12px;
4066  font-weight:600;
4067  letter-spacing:.14em;
4068  text-transform:uppercase;
4069  margin-bottom:20px;
4070}
4071.rm-nf h1{
4072  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 28,'wght' 600;
4073  font-size:clamp(31px,4vw,44px);
4074  line-height:1.1;
4075  letter-spacing:-.015em;
4076}
4077.rm-nf p{
4078  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4079  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 16,'wght' var(--rmx-body-wght);
4080  font-size:18px;
4081  line-height:1.65;
4082  color:var(--rm-body);
4083}
4084/* Matched to the header field: a bordered rectangle with a filled
4085   oxblood button, not a rounded box with an icon in it. The icon is
4086   dropped for the same reason it is absent from the header, which is
4087   that a labelled button says what will happen and a magnifier only
4088   hints at it.
4089
4090   Works with or without the button in the markup. Without it, the
4091   input simply takes the full width and keeps the square corners. */
4092.rm-nf-search{
4093  display:flex;
4094  align-items:stretch;
4095  gap:0;
4096  width:100%;
4097  max-width:440px;
4098  margin:0 auto 34px;
4099  padding:0;
4100  border:0;
4101  border-radius:0;
4102  background:transparent;
4103}
4104.rm-nf-search svg{ display:none; }
4105
4106.rm-nf-search input{
4107  flex:1;
4108  min-width:0;
4109  height:48px;
4110  padding:0 14px;
4111  border:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
4112  border-radius:3px;
4113  background:var(--rm-card);
4114  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4115  font-size:15px;
4116  color:var(--rm-ink);
4117  text-align:left;
4118}
4119.rm-nf-search input::placeholder{ color:var(--rm-faint); }
4120.rm-nf-search input:focus{ outline:none; border-color:var(--rm-faint); }
4121
4122/* Only applies once a button exists, so the rules above stay correct
4123   in the meantime. :has() lets the input give up its right-hand radius
4124   only when there is something to butt against. */
4125.rm-nf-search:has(button) input{ border-right:0; border-radius:3px 0 0 3px; }
4126.rm-nf-search button{
4127  flex:0 0 auto;
4128  height:48px;
4129  padding:0 20px;
4130  border:1px solid var(--rm-accent);
4131  border-radius:0 3px 3px 0;
4132  background:var(--rm-accent);
4133  color:var(--rmx-on-accent);
4134  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4135  font-size:12px;
4136  font-weight:600;
4137  letter-spacing:.08em;
4138  text-transform:uppercase;
4139  cursor:pointer;
4140}
4141.rm-nf-search button:hover{
4142  background:var(--rm-accent-line);
4143  border-color:var(--rm-accent-line);
4144  color:var(--rm-ink);
4145}
4146/* Square rather than fully rounded. The pill shape reads as a button
4147   set, but these are links to sections of a reference site. */
4148.rm-nf-links a{
4149  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4150  font-size:13.5px;
4151  font-weight:400;
4152  border-radius:3px;
4153  border-color:var(--rm-line-2);
4154  padding:9px 15px;
4155}
4156
4157
4158/* ====================================================================
4159   L. HOMEPAGE
4160   Styles the redesigned homepage from "RM Homepage Redesign", which
4161   renders .rm-nh-* markup. The existing "RM Homepage CSS" snippet
4162   styles .rm-hero, .rm-sec and friends, none of which are present when
4163   the redesign renders, so the two do not collide and the live
4164   homepage keeps its own stylesheet untouched.
4165
4166   One exception, at the foot of this section: that snippet narrows the
4167   masthead and footer to 1200px with body.home selectors, and those do
4168   apply either way.
4169   ==================================================================== */
4170
4171/* ---- shell ---- */
4172
4173.rm-nh-hero,
4174.rm-nh-sec,
4175.rm-nh-qin,
4176.rm-nh-almin{
4177  max-width:calc(1076px + 48px);
4178  margin:0 auto;
4179  padding-left:24px;
4180  padding-right:24px;
4181}
4182
4183.rm-nh-sec{ padding-top:70px; padding-bottom:70px; }
4184.rm-nh-sec + .rm-nh-sec{ border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line-2); }
4185
4186/* Section heads: serif title on the left, a plain link on the right.
4187   No buttons, no chevrons; on a reference site every one of these is a
4188   route into an index, not an action. */
4189.rm-nh-sh{
4190  display:flex;
4191  align-items:baseline;
4192  justify-content:space-between;
4193  gap:24px;
4194  margin-bottom:34px;
4195}
4196.rm .rm-nh-sh h2{
4197  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4198  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 26,'wght' 600;
4199  font-size:27px;
4200  line-height:1.2;
4201  letter-spacing:-.01em;
4202  margin:0;
4203}
4204.rm-nh-sh a{
4205  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4206  font-size:13px;
4207  color:var(--rm-accent);
4208  white-space:nowrap;
4209}
4210.rm-nh-sh a:hover{ text-decoration:underline; text-underline-offset:3px; }
4211
4212/* ---- hero ---- */
4213
4214/* The hero is sized to the viewport rather than to a padding value, so
4215   the next section starts below the fold on any screen instead of only
4216   on the one it was tuned against.
4217
4218   svh, not vh: on mobile, vh is the height with the browser chrome
4219   hidden, so a vh-sized hero is taller than what is actually visible
4220   and the fold break lands in the wrong place on first paint. svh is
4221   the small viewport height, chrome showing, which is the conservative
4222   one and the one that matches what a reader sees on arrival.
4223
4224   78px is the sticky header. Content is laid out from the top, so
4225   whatever is left over falls at the bottom as clear space rather than
4226   centring the block and floating it. min-height, so a short screen
4227   simply grows instead of clipping. */
4228.rm-nh-hero{
4229  min-height:calc(100vh - 78px);
4230  min-height:calc(100svh - 78px);
4231  display:flex;
4232  flex-direction:column;
4233  justify-content:flex-start;
4234  padding-top:86px;
4235  padding-bottom:96px;
4236}
4237
4238/* The tiles are the last thing above the fold, so they take the slack
4239   rather than leaving it under the search box. */
4240.rm-nh-entries{ margin-top:auto; }
4241
4242/* The h1 is a label. An SEO audit tool will flag small type on an h1;
4243   it is a false positive. What matters is that the element holds the
4244   two-word phrase the page competes on, and that the largest thing on
4245   the page is the sentence that explains the site. */
4246.rm .rm-nh-eb{
4247  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4248  font-size:12.5px;
4249  font-weight:600;
4250  letter-spacing:.13em;
4251  text-transform:uppercase;
4252  color:var(--rm-accent);
4253  margin:0 0 22px;
4254}
4255.rm .rm-nh-st{
4256  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4257  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 30,'wght' 600;
4258  font-size:clamp(33px,4.8vw,52px);
4259  line-height:1.07;
4260  letter-spacing:-.02em;
4261  margin:0 0 26px;
4262  max-width:21ch;
4263  text-wrap:balance;
4264}
4265.rm .rm-nh-sub{
4266  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4267  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 14,'wght' 400;
4268  font-size:18px;
4269  line-height:1.6;
4270  color:var(--rm-muted);
4271  margin:0 0 36px;
4272  max-width:52ch;
4273}
4274/* The count is the claim the page makes, so it is set as a fact rather
4275   than as part of the sentence. */
4276.rm-nh-n{
4277  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 14,'wght' 600;
4278  color:var(--rm-ink);
4279  font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums lining-nums;
4280}
4281
4282/* Search at 52px, not 40. On a reference site search is the main way
4283   in, and the size is what admits that. */
4284.rm-nh-search{ display:flex; align-items:stretch; max-width:520px; margin:0 0 44px; flex:0 0 auto; }
4285.rm-nh-search input{
4286  flex:1;
4287  height:52px;
4288  padding:0 16px;
4289  border:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
4290  border-right:0;
4291  border-radius:3px 0 0 3px;
4292  background:var(--rm-card);
4293  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4294  font-size:16px;
4295  color:var(--rm-ink);
4296}
4297.rm-nh-search input::placeholder{ color:var(--rm-faint); }
4298.rm-nh-search input:focus{ outline:none; border-color:var(--rm-faint); }
4299.rm-nh-search button{
4300  height:52px;
4301  padding:0 24px;
4302  border:1px solid var(--rm-accent);
4303  border-radius:0 3px 3px 0;
4304  background:var(--rm-accent);
4305  color:var(--rmx-on-accent);
4306  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4307  font-size:12.5px;
4308  font-weight:600;
4309  letter-spacing:.09em;
4310  text-transform:uppercase;
4311  cursor:pointer;
4312}
4313.rm-nh-search button:hover{ background:var(--rm-accent-line); border-color:var(--rm-accent-line); color:var(--rm-ink); }
4314
4315/* Four tiles on a hairline grid: one border, gaps filled by the
4316   background showing through, so there are no doubled edges. */
4317.rm-nh-entries{
4318  display:grid;
4319  grid-template-columns:repeat(4,minmax(0,1fr));
4320  gap:1px;
4321  background:var(--rm-line-2);
4322  border:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
4323  border-radius:4px;
4324  overflow:hidden;
4325}
4326.rm-nh-entries a{ background:var(--rm-card); padding:20px; display:block; }
4327.rm-nh-entries a:hover{ background:var(--rm-card-alt); }
4328.rm-nh-entries .t{
4329  display:block;
4330  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4331  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 18,'wght' 500;
4332  font-size:19px;
4333  line-height:1.25;
4334  letter-spacing:-.01em;
4335}
4336.rm-nh-entries a:hover .t{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
4337.rm-nh-entries .s{
4338  display:block;
4339  margin-top:5px;
4340  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4341  font-size:13px;
4342  line-height:1.4;
4343  color:var(--rm-muted);
4344}
4345
4346/* ---- featured myth ---- */
4347
4348.rm-nh-myth{ display:grid; grid-template-columns:420px minmax(0,1fr); gap:48px; align-items:center; }
4349.rm-nh-mimg{ display:block; }
4350.rm-nh-mimg img{
4351  width:100%;
4352  height:auto;
4353  aspect-ratio:3 / 2;
4354  object-fit:cover;
4355  object-position:center 42%;
4356  display:block;
4357  background:var(--rm-card-alt);
4358}
4359.rm-nh-k{
4360  display:block;
4361  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4362  font-size:11.5px;
4363  font-weight:600;
4364  letter-spacing:.09em;
4365  text-transform:uppercase;
4366  color:var(--rm-accent);
4367  margin-bottom:12px;
4368}
4369.rm .rm-nh-mtxt h3{
4370  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4371  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 28,'wght' 600;
4372  font-size:32px;
4373  line-height:1.14;
4374  letter-spacing:-.014em;
4375  margin:0 0 14px;
4376}
4377.rm-nh-mtxt h3 a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
4378.rm .rm-nh-mtxt p{
4379  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4380  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 14,'wght' var(--rmx-body-wght);
4381  font-size:18px;
4382  line-height:1.72;
4383  color:var(--rm-body);
4384  margin:0 0 20px;
4385  max-width:46ch;
4386}
4387.rm-nh-more{
4388  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4389  font-size:13.5px;
4390  color:var(--rm-accent);
4391  border-bottom:1px solid currentColor;
4392  padding-bottom:2px;
4393}
4394
4395/* ---- quote ---- */
4396
4397.rm-nh-quote{
4398  background:var(--rm-card-alt);
4399  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
4400  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
4401  padding:64px 0;
4402}
4403.rm-nh-qeb{
4404  display:block;
4405  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4406  font-size:11.5px;
4407  font-weight:600;
4408  letter-spacing:.09em;
4409  text-transform:uppercase;
4410  color:var(--rm-faint);
4411  margin-bottom:16px;
4412}
4413.rm-nh-quote blockquote{ margin:0; max-width:44ch; border:0; padding:0; }
4414.rm .rm-nh-quote blockquote p{
4415  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4416  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 24,'wght' 400;
4417  font-size:30px;
4418  line-height:1.36;
4419  letter-spacing:-.008em;
4420  color:var(--rm-ink);
4421  margin:0 0 16px;
4422}
4423.rm-nh-quote cite{
4424  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4425  font-style:normal;
4426  font-size:13.5px;
4427  color:var(--rm-muted);
4428}
4429
4430/* ---- trending ---- */
4431
4432/* Two columns of five, not ten cards. With ten items, cards eat most of
4433   a screen for very little information, and a numbered list makes the
4434   ranking legible at a glance. */
4435.rm-nh-trend{ display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr)); gap:0 72px; }
4436.rm-nh-trend ol{ list-style:none; margin:0; padding:0; }
4437.rm-nh-trend li{
4438  display:grid;
4439  grid-template-columns:34px minmax(0,1fr);
4440  gap:16px;
4441  padding:16px 0;
4442  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line);
4443}
4444.rm-nh-trend ol > li:first-child{ border-top:0; }
4445.rm-nh-trend .n{
4446  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4447  font-size:14px;
4448  color:var(--rm-faint);
4449  font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums lining-nums;
4450  padding-top:3px;
4451}
4452.rm-nh-trend a{
4453  display:block;
4454  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4455  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 16,'wght' 500;
4456  font-size:19px;
4457  line-height:1.28;
4458  letter-spacing:-.008em;
4459  color:var(--rm-ink);
4460}
4461.rm-nh-trend a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
4462.rm-nh-trend .sub{
4463  display:block;
4464  margin-top:4px;
4465  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4466  font-size:13px;
4467  color:var(--rm-muted);
4468}
4469
4470/* ---- categories ---- */
4471
4472.rm-nh-cats{ display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(3,minmax(0,1fr)); gap:0 56px; }
4473.rm-nh-cats a{
4474  display:flex;
4475  align-items:baseline;
4476  justify-content:space-between;
4477  gap:16px;
4478  padding:15px 0;
4479  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line);
4480  color:var(--rm-ink);
4481}
4482.rm-nh-cats a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
4483.rm-nh-cats .nm{
4484  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4485  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 14,'wght' 400;
4486  font-size:17px;
4487}
4488.rm-nh-cats .ct{
4489  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4490  font-size:13px;
4491  color:var(--rm-faint);
4492  font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums lining-nums;
4493}
4494
4495/* ---- the twelve ---- */
4496
4497/* No images. Twelve thumbnails would dominate the page, and you almost
4498   certainly do not have twelve good ones. The names do the work. */
4499.rm-nh-gods{
4500  display:grid;
4501  grid-template-columns:repeat(6,minmax(0,1fr));
4502  gap:1px;
4503  background:var(--rm-line-2);
4504  border:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
4505  border-radius:4px;
4506  overflow:hidden;
4507}
4508.rm-nh-god{
4509  background:var(--rm-card);
4510  padding:24px 16px;
4511  display:block;
4512  text-align:center;
4513  color:var(--rm-ink);
4514}
4515a.rm-nh-god:hover{ background:var(--rm-card-alt); }
4516.rm-nh-god .nm{
4517  display:block;
4518  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4519  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 20,'wght' 500;
4520  font-size:21px;
4521  line-height:1.2;
4522  letter-spacing:-.01em;
4523}
4524a.rm-nh-god:hover .nm{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
4525.rm-nh-god .ep{
4526  display:block;
4527  margin-top:6px;
4528  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4529  font-size:12.5px;
4530  line-height:1.35;
4531  color:var(--rm-muted);
4532}
4533/* A god with no article yet: visible, legible, and not a dead link. */
4534.rm-nh-god.off .nm{ color:var(--rm-faint); }
4535
4536/* ---- almanac ---- */
4537
4538.rm-nh-alm{
4539  background:var(--rm-card-alt);
4540  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
4541  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
4542  padding:64px 0;
4543}
4544.rm-nh-almgrid{ display:grid; grid-template-columns:150px minmax(0,1fr) 264px; gap:56px; align-items:start; }
4545.rm-nh-tile{
4546  border:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
4547  background:var(--rm-card);
4548  text-align:center;
4549  padding:20px 12px 18px;
4550  border-radius:4px;
4551}
4552.rm-nh-tile .d{
4553  display:block;
4554  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4555  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 30,'wght' 600;
4556  font-size:52px;
4557  line-height:1;
4558  font-variant-numeric:lining-nums;
4559}
4560.rm-nh-tile .mo{
4561  display:block;
4562  margin-top:4px;
4563  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4564  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 18,'wght' 400;
4565  font-size:18px;
4566  color:var(--rm-muted);
4567}
4568.rm-nh-tile .rd{
4569  display:block;
4570  margin-top:12px;
4571  padding-top:12px;
4572  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line);
4573  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4574  font-size:11px;
4575  letter-spacing:.06em;
4576  color:var(--rm-faint);
4577}
4578.rm .rm-nh-almtxt h3{
4579  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4580  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 26,'wght' 600;
4581  font-size:27px;
4582  line-height:1.2;
4583  letter-spacing:-.01em;
4584  margin:0 0 6px;
4585}
4586.rm .rm-nh-almtxt .rom{
4587  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4588  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 14,'wght' 400;
4589  font-size:16px;
4590  color:var(--rm-muted);
4591  margin:0 0 14px;
4592}
4593.rm .rm-nh-almtxt p{
4594  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4595  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 14,'wght' var(--rmx-body-wght);
4596  font-size:17px;
4597  line-height:1.72;
4598  color:var(--rm-body);
4599  margin:0;
4600  max-width:52ch;
4601}
4602.rm-nh-coming h4{
4603  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4604  font-size:11.5px;
4605  font-weight:600;
4606  letter-spacing:.09em;
4607  text-transform:uppercase;
4608  color:var(--rm-faint);
4609  margin:0 0 10px;
4610}
4611.rm-nh-coming ul{ list-style:none; margin:0; padding:0; }
4612.rm-nh-coming li{
4613  display:grid;
4614  grid-template-columns:62px minmax(0,1fr);
4615  gap:12px;
4616  padding:9px 0;
4617  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
4618  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4619  font-size:13.5px;
4620}
4621.rm-nh-coming li:first-child{ border-top:0; }
4622.rm-nh-coming .dt{ color:var(--rm-faint); font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums lining-nums; }
4623.rm-nh-coming .ev{ color:var(--rm-muted); }
4624
4625/* ---- chrome ---- */
4626
4627/* RM Homepage CSS narrows the masthead and footer to 1200 on the front
4628   page. Those body.home rules still apply, so they are brought onto the
4629   redesign measure here. */
4630body.home .rm-head-wrap,
4631body.home .rm-foot-wrap{
4632  max-width:calc(1076px + 48px);
4633  padding-left:24px;
4634  padding-right:24px;
4635}
4636
4637/* ---- responsive ---- */
4638
4639@media(max-width:1000px){
4640  .rm-nh-myth{ grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr); gap:26px; }
4641  .rm-nh-gods{ grid-template-columns:repeat(4,minmax(0,1fr)); }
4642  .rm-nh-cats{ grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr)); gap:0 40px; }
4643  .rm-nh-trend{ grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr); gap:0; }
4644  .rm-nh-trend ol:last-child > li:first-child{ border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line); }
4645  .rm-nh-almgrid{ grid-template-columns:120px minmax(0,1fr); gap:36px; }
4646  .rm-nh-coming{ grid-column:1 / -1; }
4647  .rm-nh-entries{ grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr)); margin-top:0; }
4648  /* Below this width the four tiles stack two-up or one-up and the hero
4649     is already taller than the viewport, so the floor does nothing
4650     except add empty space under the last tile. */
4651  .rm-nh-hero{ min-height:0; padding-top:52px; padding-bottom:56px; }
4652}
4653@media(max-width:620px){
4654  .rm-nh-gods{ grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr)); }
4655  .rm-nh-cats{ grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr); }
4656  .rm-nh-entries{ grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr); }
4657  .rm-nh-sec{ padding-top:48px; padding-bottom:48px; }
4658}
4659@media(max-width:560px){
4660  .rm-nh-hero,
4661  .rm-nh-sec,
4662  .rm-nh-qin,
4663  .rm-nh-almin,
4664  body.home .rm-head-wrap,
4665  body.home .rm-foot-wrap{ padding-left:22px; padding-right:22px; }
4666}
4667
4668
4669/* ====================================================================
4670   M. UTILITY AND STATIC PAGES
4671   About, Editorial Policy, References and Sources, Contact, Privacy,
4672   Terms, plus the A-Z filter row. Styled by "RM Utility Pages CSS",
4673   sections 17 to 23, which was written before the redesign and still
4674   names Inter and Newsreader throughout.
4675
4676   That snippet loads as a WPCode CSS snippet, so it prints before this
4677   file and everything here wins on order.
4678
4679   The .rm-util grid keeps a 230px left rail that nothing fills, because
4680   it was built to line up with the old three-column article. With the
4681   rail gone everywhere else, it is dropped here too and the page moves
4682   onto the same 700 + 104 + 272 as every other template.
4683   ==================================================================== */
4684
4685/* ---- the shell ---- */
4686
4687.rm-util{
4688  grid-template-columns:minmax(0,var(--rmx-col)) var(--rmx-aside);
4689  column-gap:var(--rmx-gutter);
4690  justify-content:center;
4691  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4692}
4693.u-nav{ display:none; }
4694.u-hero{ grid-column:1 / -1; }
4695.u-main{ grid-column:1; }
4696.u-toc,
4697.u-side{ grid-column:2; }
4698
4699/* Section 19 pads Mediavine's appended notice by the width of the
4700   columns either side of the prose, so it lines up with the text above
4701   it. Those two figures were the old rail and aside; with the rail gone
4702   the lead is zero and the trail is the new aside plus its gutter. */
4703:root{
4704  --rm-util-lead:0px;
4705  --rm-util-trail:376px;
4706}
4707
4708/* ---- hero ---- */
4709
4710.u-eyebrow{
4711  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4712  font-size:12px;
4713  letter-spacing:.11em;
4714}
4715.rm-util .u-title,
4716.rm-page-hero-title{
4717  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4718  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 28,'wght' 600;
4719  font-size:clamp(33px,4.2vw,46px);
4720  line-height:1.08;
4721  letter-spacing:-.015em;
4722}
4723.rm-util .u-dek{
4724  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4725  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 20,'wght' 400;
4726  font-size:23px;
4727  line-height:1.5;
4728  letter-spacing:0;
4729  max-width:46ch;
4730}
4731.u-hero{ border-bottom-color:var(--rm-line-2); }
4732.rm-util .u-stamp,
4733.rm-util .u-hero .u-dek + p{
4734  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4735  font-size:13px;
4736  letter-spacing:0;
4737}
4738
4739/* ---- prose ---- */
4740
4741/* These pages are sustained reading, so they get the article's body
4742   settings rather than a smaller "document" size. */
4743.rm-util .u-lead,
4744.rm-util .u-section p,
4745body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content p,
4746body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content li{
4747  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4748  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 14,'wght' var(--rmx-body-wght);
4749  color:var(--rm-body);
4750}
4751.rm-util .u-lead,
4752.rm-util .u-section p,
4753body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content > p{
4754  max-width:var(--rmx-prose);
4755}
4756
4757.rm-util h2,
4758.rm-util .u-sec h2,
4759body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content h2{
4760  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4761  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 28,'wght' 600;
4762  font-size:30px;
4763  line-height:1.2;
4764  letter-spacing:-.01em;
4765}
4766.rm-util h3,
4767body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content h3{
4768  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4769  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 22,'wght' 600;
4770  font-size:21px;
4771  line-height:1.3;
4772  letter-spacing:0;
4773}
4774.u-sec .line{ background:var(--rm-line-2); }
4775
4776/* The standfirst on a static page is the same device as an article dek. */
4777body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content > p:first-of-type{
4778  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4779  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 20,'wght' 400;
4780  font-size:23px;
4781  line-height:1.5;
4782  letter-spacing:0;
4783  color:var(--rm-muted);
4784  max-width:46ch;
4785}
4786body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)) .entry-content p.upd{
4787  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4788  font-size:13px;
4789}
4790
4791/* Static pages were capped at 720px inside a 24px gutter. The prose cap
4792   does the measuring now, so the column matches the article's. */
4793body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-arc-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-sres-wrap)) .entry-content,
4794body.page:not(:has(.rm-util)):not(:has(.rm-idx-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-arc-wrap)):not(:has(.rm-sres-wrap)) [class*="rm-page-hero"]{
4795  max-width:calc(var(--rmx-col) + 48px);
4796}
4797
4798/* ---- stats, cards, principles ---- */
4799
4800.u-stats{
4801  border-radius:4px;
4802  background:var(--rm-line-2);
4803  border-color:var(--rm-line-2);
4804}
4805.u-stat .n{
4806  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4807  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 24,'wght' 600;
4808  font-size:30px;
4809  letter-spacing:-.014em;
4810  font-variant-numeric:lining-nums;
4811}
4812.u-stat .l{
4813  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4814  font-size:11.5px;
4815  letter-spacing:.09em;
4816}
4817
4818.rm-util .u-card{
4819  border-radius:4px;
4820  border-color:var(--rm-line-2);
4821  transition:border-color .16s;
4822}
4823/* The lift reads as a product card, and it moves the page under the
4824   cursor. The border doing the work is enough. */
4825.rm-util .u-card:hover{ transform:none; border-color:var(--rm-accent); }
4826.rm-util .u-card h3{
4827  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4828  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 18,'wght' 500;
4829  font-size:18px;
4830  line-height:1.28;
4831  letter-spacing:-.01em;
4832  margin:0 0 6px;
4833}
4834.rm-util .u-card p{ font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif; font-size:14px; }
4835.u-card .go{ font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif; font-size:13px; }
4836
4837.u-princ .num{
4838  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4839  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 20,'wght' 500;
4840  font-style:italic;
4841  font-size:21px;
4842}
4843.rm-util .u-princ h3{
4844  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4845  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 18,'wght' 500;
4846  font-size:18px;
4847  letter-spacing:-.01em;
4848  margin:0 0 6px;
4849}
4850.rm-util .u-princ p{ font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif; font-size:14px; }
4851
4852/* ---- contents rail ---- */
4853
4854.rm-util .u-toc h4,
4855.rm-util .u-side h4,
4856.u-nav-h{
4857  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4858  font-size:11.5px;
4859  font-weight:600;
4860  letter-spacing:.09em;
4861  color:var(--rm-muted);
4862}
4863.rm-util .u-toc a{
4864  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4865  font-size:14px;
4866  border-left-color:var(--rm-line-2);
4867  padding:8px 0 8px 14px;
4868}
4869.rm-util .u-side p,
4870.rm-util .u-side a{ font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif; font-size:14px; }
4871
4872/* ---- contact form ---- */
4873
4874/* Square the fields to match the header and 404 search, and drop the
4875   focus ring to a border colour change plus a thin halo. */
4876.rm-util .u-form input[type="text"],
4877.rm-util .u-form input[type="email"],
4878.rm-util .u-form input[type="tel"],
4879.rm-util .u-form input[type="url"],
4880.rm-util .u-form textarea,
4881.rm-util .u-form select{
4882  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4883  font-size:15px;
4884  border-radius:3px;
4885  border-color:var(--rm-line-2);
4886}
4887.rm-util .u-form .wpforms-field-label{
4888  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4889  font-size:13px;
4890}
4891.rm-util .u-form .wpforms-field-sublabel{ font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif; }
4892.rm-util .u-form button[type="submit"]{
4893  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4894  font-size:12.5px;
4895  font-weight:600;
4896  letter-spacing:.09em;
4897  text-transform:uppercase;
4898  border-radius:3px;
4899  padding:14px 26px;
4900  /* --rm-on-accent is defined in section A. Before that it resolved to
4901     nothing and the label inherited the page colour. */
4902  color:var(--rm-on-accent);
4903}
4904.rm-util .u-form button[type="submit"]:hover{
4905  filter:none;
4906  background:var(--rm-accent-line);
4907  border-color:var(--rm-accent-line);
4908  color:var(--rm-ink);
4909}
4910.rm-util .u-form .wpforms-confirmation-container-full{ border-radius:4px; }
4911
4912/* ---- A to Z filter ---- */
4913
4914/* Matched to the header and 404 search fields: square corners, the same
4915   border tone, the same height, and a border-colour change on focus
4916   rather than an oxblood glow. Three search boxes on one site should
4917   not be three different components. */
4918.rm-az-tools{
4919  padding:24px 0 0;
4920  margin-bottom:34px;
4921  gap:18px;
4922}
4923.rm-az-filter{
4924  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4925  font-size:15px;
4926  height:48px;
4927  padding:0 14px;
4928  border-radius:3px;
4929  border-color:var(--rm-line-2);
4930  background:var(--rm-card);
4931}
4932.rm-az-filter::placeholder{ color:var(--rm-faint); }
4933.rm-az-filter:focus{
4934  outline:none;
4935  border-color:var(--rm-faint);
4936  box-shadow:none;
4937}
4938.rm-az-count{
4939  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4940  font-size:13px;
4941  font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums lining-nums;
4942}
4943.rm-az-empty{
4944  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4945  font-size:14.5px;
4946  border-radius:4px;
4947  border-color:var(--rm-line-2);
4948}
4949
4950/* The first letter heading sat directly under the filter row, so the
4951   two read as one block. The margin above puts the gap where the
4952   section break is. */
4953.rm-az-sec:first-of-type{ padding-top:0; }
4954
4955/* ---- jump to letter ---- */
4956
4957/* The letter grid was butted against the rule under the widget title.
4958   Every other widget has list padding doing that job; this one is a
4959   grid with no row above it, so it needs the space declared. */
4960.rm-rw-az{ margin-top:16px; }
4961.rm-rw-az a{
4962  height:32px;
4963  border-radius:3px;
4964  border-color:var(--rm-line-2);
4965  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
4966  font-size:12.5px;
4967  font-variant-numeric:lining-nums;
4968}
4969.rm-rw-az a.off{ border-color:transparent; color:var(--rm-line-3); }
4970
4971/* ---- Mediavine's appended notice ---- */
4972
4973.entry-content .rm-util ~ *,
4974.entry-content .rm-util ~ * *{ font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif; }
4975.entry-content .rm-util ~ :is(h1,h2,h3,h4,h5),
4976.entry-content .rm-util ~ * :is(h1,h2,h3,h4,h5){
4977  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
4978  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 22,'wght' 600;
4979  letter-spacing:-.01em;
4980}
4981
4982/* ---- responsive ---- */
4983
4984@media(max-width:999px){
4985  .rm-util{ grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr); }
4986  .u-hero,
4987  .u-main,
4988  .u-toc,
4989  .u-side{ grid-column:1; }
4990  :root{ --rm-util-trail:0px; }
4991}
4992
4993
4994/* ====================================================================
4995   N. CATEGORIES INDEX
4996   The grouped /categories/ layout from "RM Categories Index", which
4997   renders .rm-cix-* markup in place of the old .rm-cidx-g card grid.
4998   Both stylesheets can coexist: the old classes simply stop appearing.
4999   ==================================================================== */
5000
5001/* ---- the lead ---- */
5002
5003/* The page head carries a bottom rule on every index template, which
5004   works where a list follows it and not where a tinted panel does: two
5005   horizontal edges 30px apart read as a mistake. Dropped only when a
5006   lead panel is the next thing, so the A-Z, the calendar and the
5007   archive keep theirs. */
5008.rm-idx-h:has(+ .rm-cix-lead){ border-bottom:0; padding-bottom:10px; }
5009
5010/* Foundations is the one category that earns being singled out, so it
5011   gets the tint rather than a heavier border. The heading is the link;
5012   wrapping the whole panel in an anchor would put an anchor inside an
5013   anchor, which browsers repair by closing the outer one early. */
5014.rm-cix-lead{
5015  background:var(--rm-card-alt);
5016  border-radius:4px;
5017  padding:26px 28px;
5018  margin:8px 0 0;
5019}
5020.rm-cix-lead .k{
5021  display:block;
5022  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
5023  font-size:11.5px;
5024  font-weight:600;
5025  letter-spacing:.09em;
5026  text-transform:uppercase;
5027  color:var(--rm-accent);
5028  margin-bottom:12px;
5029}
5030.rm .rm-cix-lead h3{
5031  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
5032  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 22,'wght' 600;
5033  font-size:25px;
5034  line-height:1.22;
5035  letter-spacing:-.012em;
5036  margin:0 0 10px;
5037}
5038.rm-cix-lead h3 a{ color:var(--rm-ink); }
5039.rm-cix-lead h3 a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
5040.rm .rm-cix-lead p{
5041  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
5042  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 14,'wght' var(--rmx-body-wght);
5043  font-size:17px;
5044  line-height:1.66;
5045  color:var(--rm-body);
5046  margin:0 0 14px;
5047  max-width:58ch;
5048}
5049.rm-cix-lead .n{
5050  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
5051  font-size:12.5px;
5052  color:var(--rm-faint);
5053  font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums lining-nums;
5054}
5055
5056/* ---- groups ---- */
5057
5058.rm-cix-grp{ margin-top:44px; }
5059.rm .rm-cix-grp > h2{
5060  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
5061  font-size:11.5px;
5062  font-weight:600;
5063  letter-spacing:.09em;
5064  text-transform:uppercase;
5065  color:var(--rm-muted);
5066  margin:0 0 4px;
5067  padding-bottom:11px;
5068  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
5069}
5070
5071/* ---- a category row ---- */
5072
5073/* Two tracks so the count can sit on the baseline of the name rather
5074   than under it, with the description and the children spanning both. */
5075.rm-cix-row{
5076  display:grid;
5077  grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) auto;
5078  gap:8px 20px;
5079  padding:22px 0;
5080  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line);
5081}
5082.rm-cix-grp .rm-cix-row:last-child{ border-bottom:0; }
5083.rm .rm-cix-row h3{
5084  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
5085  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 20,'wght' 500;
5086  font-size:21px;
5087  line-height:1.24;
5088  letter-spacing:-.01em;
5089  margin:0;
5090}
5091.rm-cix-row h3 a{ color:var(--rm-ink); }
5092.rm-cix-row h3 a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
5093.rm-cix-row .n{
5094  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
5095  font-size:12.5px;
5096  color:var(--rm-faint);
5097  font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums lining-nums;
5098  white-space:nowrap;
5099  padding-top:6px;
5100}
5101.rm .rm-cix-row p{
5102  grid-column:1 / -1;
5103  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
5104  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 12,'wght' var(--rmx-body-wght);
5105  font-size:16px;
5106  line-height:1.62;
5107  color:var(--rm-muted);
5108  margin:0;
5109  max-width:60ch;
5110}
5111
5112/* ---- children ---- */
5113
5114/* Chips rather than a nested list. Three subcategories under one parent
5115   read as a set of destinations; as list items they read as a second
5116   level of hierarchy the page does not otherwise have. */
5117.rm-cix-kids{
5118  grid-column:1 / -1;
5119  display:flex;
5120  flex-wrap:wrap;
5121  gap:8px;
5122  margin-top:4px;
5123}
5124.rm-cix-kids a{
5125  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
5126  font-size:12.5px;
5127  color:var(--rm-muted);
5128  border:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
5129  border-radius:3px;
5130  padding:4px 10px;
5131  text-decoration:none;
5132}
5133.rm-cix-kids a:hover{ border-color:var(--rm-accent); color:var(--rm-accent); }
5134.rm-cix-kids a b{
5135  font-weight:400;
5136  color:var(--rm-faint);
5137  margin-left:5px;
5138  font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums lining-nums;
5139}
5140
5141/* ---- rail note ---- */
5142
5143.rm .rm-cix-note{
5144  font-family:'Piazzolla',Georgia,serif;
5145  font-variation-settings:'opsz' 12,'wght' 400;
5146  font-size:15px;
5147  line-height:1.6;
5148  color:var(--rm-muted);
5149  margin:0;
5150}
5151
5152@media(max-width:560px){
5153  .rm-cix-lead{ padding:22px; }
5154  .rm-cix-row{ grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr); }
5155  .rm-cix-row .n{ padding-top:0; }
5156}
5157
5158/* The footer link columns went from three to five when every category
5159   was added. Categories runs across two columns because eleven items in
5160   one makes the footer taller than the content above it on short pages.
5161
5162   The second column's h5 is an empty spacer, so its first link sits on
5163   the same baseline as the first column's. Hidden from screen readers,
5164   which read the two as one list. */
5165/* The link columns size to their content rather than sharing the free
5166   width. With 1fr tracks the two category columns each got a track far
5167   wider than the words in it, and because the text left-aligns inside
5168   the track, the gap between the two halves of one list looked like a
5169   gap between two separate sections.
5170
5171   All the slack goes to the brand column instead, where it reads as
5172   ordinary whitespace. */
5173.rm-fg{
5174  grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) auto auto auto;
5175  column-gap:44px;
5176}
5177/* The brand column now has room to grow, so the description needs its
5178   own measure or it runs to a single long line. */
5179.rm-fdesc{ max-width:34ch; }
5180
5181/* The About and Legal links moved out of their columns and into the
5182   bottom bar, where the tagline used to sit. They belong with the
5183   copyright: all of it is about the site rather than about Rome. The
5184   legal labels are shortened here because a bottom bar is scanned
5185   rather than read, and "Privacy Policy" earns nothing over "Privacy".
5186
5187   Eight links is a lot for one row, so the bar wraps to two lines on
5188   narrow desktop widths and stacks under the copyright on mobile. */
5189.rm-fb-links{
5190  display:flex;
5191  flex-wrap:wrap;
5192  gap:6px 18px;
5193  justify-content:flex-end;
5194}
5195.rm-fb-links a{
5196  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
5197  font-size:13px;
5198  color:var(--rm-muted);
5199  text-decoration:none;
5200}
5201.rm-fb-links a:hover{ color:var(--rm-accent); }
5202
5203@media(max-width:700px){
5204  .rm-fb-links{ justify-content:flex-start; }
5205}
5206.rm-fc-run h5{ visibility:hidden; }
5207
5208@media(max-width:1100px){
5209  /* The brand block takes the full row and the three link columns sit
5210     under it, which keeps the category list two-up rather than letting
5211     it stretch into one very long column. */
5212  .rm-fg{ grid-template-columns:repeat(3, minmax(0,1fr)); }
5213  .rm-brand-col{ grid-column:1 / -1; margin-bottom:14px; }
5214}
5215@media(max-width:820px){
5216  .rm-fg{ grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0,1fr)); }
5217  .rm-fc-run h5{ display:none; }
5218}
5219@media(max-width:560px){
5220  .rm-fg{ grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr); }
5221}
5222
5223
5224/* ====================================================================
5225   O. EQUIVALENTS CHART
5226   The Grouped / A to Z switch, and the chart tables themselves.
5227
5228   No JavaScript and no snippet. Two radio inputs sit in the post body
5229   as a sibling of the two view blocks, so a sibling selector can show
5230   one and hide the other. Gutenberg renders every top-level block as a
5231   direct child of .entry-content, which is what makes the ~ selector
5232   reach across them.
5233
5234   Radios rather than buttons because a radio group is already the
5235   correct control for "pick one of these": keyboard operable with the
5236   arrow keys, announced properly, and nothing to script.
5237   ==================================================================== */
5238
5239/* ---- the switch ---- */
5240
5241/* A tab bar rather than a segmented button. The filled block read as a
5242   call to action sitting in the middle of the article; a rule with two
5243   labels on it reads as a control for the thing underneath, which is
5244   what it is. The rule runs the full width of the table below so the
5245   two are visibly connected. */
5246.rm-eq-switch{
5247  display:flex;
5248  gap:26px;
5249  align-items:flex-end;
5250  margin:36px 0 0;
5251  border-bottom:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
5252}
5253
5254/* Off-screen rather than display:none, which would take the control out
5255   of the tab order. */
5256.rm-eq-radio{
5257  position:absolute;
5258  width:1px; height:1px;
5259  margin:-1px; padding:0;
5260  overflow:hidden; clip:rect(0 0 0 0);
5261  white-space:nowrap; border:0;
5262}
5263
5264.rm-eq-switch label{
5265  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
5266  font-size:12.5px;
5267  font-weight:600;
5268  letter-spacing:.08em;
5269  text-transform:uppercase;
5270  color:var(--rm-faint);
5271  padding:0 0 10px;
5272  margin-bottom:-1px;
5273  border-bottom:2px solid transparent;
5274  cursor:pointer;
5275  user-select:none;
5276  transition:color .16s, border-color .16s;
5277}
5278.rm-eq-switch label:hover{ color:var(--rm-ink); }
5279
5280.rm-eq-radio:checked + label{
5281  color:var(--rm-ink);
5282  border-bottom-color:var(--rm-accent);
5283}
5284.rm-eq-radio:focus-visible + label{
5285  outline:2px solid var(--rm-accent);
5286  outline-offset:3px;
5287}
5288
5289/* The radios sit inside .rm-eq-switch, so they are not siblings of the
5290   view blocks and a ~ selector cannot reach them. :has() on the common
5291   ancestor can. Section 17 of the utility stylesheet already depends on
5292   :has(), so this adds no new browser requirement.
5293
5294   Grouped shows by default, so the page is complete with the stylesheet
5295   stripped out; only the A to Z duplicate is hidden. */
5296.entry-content:has(#rm-eq-g:checked) .rm-eq-alpha,
5297.entry-content:has(#rm-eq-a:checked) .rm-eq-grouped{ display:none; }
5298
5299/* Whatever opens a view starts flush against that padding.
5300
5301   No child combinator. The padding rule reached .rm-eq-view, so that
5302   element is found; a > rule for the heading did not, which means the
5303   heading is not a direct child of it. Rather than guess at how many
5304   wrappers sit between, this matches the first heading and the first
5305   paragraph anywhere inside the view. */
5306.rm-eq-view h2:first-of-type,
5307.rm-eq-view .wp-block-heading:first-of-type,
5308.rm-eq-view p:first-of-type{
5309  margin-top:0 !important;
5310}
5311
5312/* ---- the tables ---- */
5313
5314/* The view wrappers are wp-block-group elements, and the stylesheet
5315   already pads every group in the article body so that .rm-brief and
5316   the appendix boxes sit in from the text. These two are structural
5317   containers rather than panels, so all of that is cleared and their
5318   contents sit on the same left edge as the prose above.
5319
5320   !important on the padding, because the rule being overridden is in
5321   Additional CSS and may be either .entry-content .wp-block-group or
5322   one of GeneratePress' own group rules.
5323
5324   No .single .entry-content prefix anywhere in this section. Only the
5325   rule carrying a bare .rm-eq-view selector was applying on the live
5326   page, which means that ancestor chain does not match here: the body
5327   is not .single, or the wrapper is not .entry-content. Every prefixed
5328   rule was silently doing nothing. */
5329.rm-eq-view,
5330.rm-eq-view.wp-block-group{
5331  /* The top padding is the gap under the switch. It lives here rather
5332     than as a margin on the first child because a margin there can be
5333     collapsed away or outranked by a paragraph rule, and padding on the
5334     container cannot be either. */
5335  padding:30px 0 0 !important;
5336  margin-left:0 !important;
5337  margin-right:0 !important;
5338  background:none !important;
5339  border:0 !important;
5340  border-radius:0 !important;
5341  max-width:none !important;
5342  box-shadow:none !important;
5343}
5344
5345/* Gutenberg wraps group children in an inner container on some block
5346   versions. If one is present it inherits the same treatment. */
5347.rm-eq-view > .wp-block-group__inner-container{
5348  padding:0 !important;
5349  margin:0 !important;
5350  max-width:none !important;
5351}
5352
5353/* And the children themselves keep the article's own left edge. */
5354.rm-eq-view > *{
5355  margin-left:0;
5356  margin-right:0;
5357}
5358
5359/* The appendix blocks at the foot of every article are set in from the
5360   prose above them. They are lists under a label rather than panels, so
5361   they start on the article's left edge instead.
5362
5363   Both the physical and the logical padding properties are reset. If
5364   the rule being overridden uses padding-inline-start and this one only
5365   cleared padding-left, the two would be separate declarations and the
5366   inline-start one could still apply. The same goes for the margins.
5367
5368   This applies to every article, not only this one. If the inset was
5369   deliberate elsewhere, add .rm-eq-page to this post and scope these
5370   selectors to it. */
5371[class*="rm-appendix"],
5372[class*="rm-appendix"].wp-block-group{
5373  padding-left:0 !important;
5374  padding-right:0 !important;
5375  padding-inline-start:0 !important;
5376  padding-inline-end:0 !important;
5377  margin-left:0 !important;
5378  margin-right:0 !important;
5379  margin-inline-start:0 !important;
5380  margin-inline-end:0 !important;
5381  max-width:none !important;
5382}
5383
5384/* And anything the block wraps its contents in. */
5385[class*="rm-appendix"] > .wp-block-group__inner-container{
5386  padding:0 !important;
5387  margin:0 !important;
5388  max-width:none !important;
5389}
5390
5391/* The tables run the width of the column and no further. An earlier
5392   version pushed them into the gutter, which gained a little room for
5393   the domain column and cost the alignment with everything else on the
5394   page. */
5395.rm-eq-switch,
5396.rm-eq-view .wp-block-table{
5397  width:100%;
5398  max-width:none;
5399}
5400
5401.rm-eq-view .wp-block-table table{
5402  width:100%;
5403  table-layout:auto;
5404}
5405
5406/* Compact rows. The default article table is set for two or three rows
5407   of family data; this one runs to fifty-seven and needs to be scanned,
5408   so the padding and the leading both come down. */
5409.rm-eq-view .wp-block-table th,
5410.rm-eq-view .wp-block-table td{
5411  padding:8px 16px 8px 0;
5412  line-height:1.35;
5413  vertical-align:top;
5414}
5415.rm-eq-view .wp-block-table td{
5416  font-size:15.5px;
5417}
5418.rm-eq-view .wp-block-table td:first-child{
5419  white-space:nowrap;
5420  padding-right:28px;
5421}
5422.rm-eq-view .wp-block-table td:nth-child(2){
5423  white-space:nowrap;
5424  padding-right:28px;
5425  color:var(--rm-body);
5426}
5427.rm-eq-view .wp-block-table td:last-child{
5428  color:var(--rm-muted);
5429  padding-right:0;
5430}
5431
5432@media(max-width:640px){
5433  .rm-eq-switch{ gap:20px; }
5434  .rm-eq-view .wp-block-table td{ font-size:14.5px; }
5435  .rm-eq-view .wp-block-table td:first-child,
5436  .rm-eq-view .wp-block-table td:nth-child(2){
5437    white-space:normal;
5438    padding-right:14px;
5439  }
5440  .rm-eq-view .wp-block-table th,
5441  .rm-eq-view .wp-block-table td{ padding:7px 12px 7px 0; }
5442}
5443
5444
5445/* ====================================================================
5446   P. SHARE ROW
5447   Markup from the RM Share snippet, which replaces the share plugin.
5448
5449   No .single .entry-content prefix. Section O proved that chain does
5450   not match on this site, and every rule carrying it was doing nothing.
5451   ==================================================================== */
5452
5453.rm-share{
5454  margin:52px 0 0;
5455  padding:26px 0 0;
5456  border-top:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
5457}
5458.rm-share-l{
5459  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
5460  font-size:11.5px;
5461  font-weight:600;
5462  letter-spacing:.09em;
5463  text-transform:uppercase;
5464  color:var(--rm-muted);
5465  margin-bottom:16px;
5466}
5467.rm-share-row{
5468  display:flex;
5469  flex-wrap:wrap;
5470  gap:8px;
5471}
5472
5473/* Bordered chips rather than filled brand tiles. Five saturated
5474   rectangles in brand colours are the loudest thing on a page that is
5475   otherwise one accent and a lot of paper, and they date badly: every
5476   logo redraw leaves the old one sitting in the article. */
5477.rm-share-b{
5478  display:inline-flex;
5479  align-items:center;
5480  gap:8px;
5481  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif;
5482  font-size:13px;
5483  font-weight:500;
5484  line-height:1;
5485  color:var(--rm-muted);
5486  background:var(--rm-card);
5487  border:1px solid var(--rm-line-2);
5488  border-radius:3px;
5489  padding:9px 14px;
5490  cursor:pointer;
5491  text-decoration:none;
5492  transition:border-color .16s, color .16s;
5493}
5494.rm-share-b:hover{
5495  border-color:var(--rm-accent);
5496  color:var(--rm-accent);
5497}
5498.rm-share-b:focus-visible{
5499  outline:2px solid var(--rm-accent);
5500  outline-offset:2px;
5501}
5502.rm-share-b svg{ flex:none; opacity:.8; }
5503.rm-share-b:hover svg{ opacity:1; }
5504
5505/* The copy button confirms in place rather than with a toast. */
5506.rm-share-copy.is-done{
5507  border-color:var(--rm-accent);
5508  color:var(--rm-accent);
5509}
5510
5511@media(max-width:560px){
5512  .rm-share-b{ padding:9px 12px; font-size:12.5px; }
5513  .rm-share-b span{ font-size:12.5px; }
5514}
5515
5516
5517/* ====================================================================
5518   Q. COMMENTS
5519   Comments are closed site-wide, and the theme announces that with a
5520   line of text under every article. Nobody was asking.
5521
5522   Hidden rather than removed, because which template prints it differs
5523   between GeneratePress versions and a CSS rule is certain where a
5524   template filter is a guess. The markup costs a few bytes and is not
5525   in the reading order once it is display:none.
5526
5527   The real fix is at source: reactivate the Disable Comments snippet,
5528   or turn comments off in Settings > Discussion, which stops the
5529   template running at all.
5530   ==================================================================== */
5531
5532.comments-area,
5533.nocomments,
5534#comments,
5535.no-comments,
5536p.nocomments{ display:none !important; }
5537
5538
5539/* ====================================================================
5540   R. AD SPACING
5541   Margin around in-content ad slots. Nothing here changes a slot's
5542   height, and nothing here can close the gap you may see above or below
5543   a unit.
5544
5545   That gap is the slot, not margin. A .mv-rail-slide-350 is a 350px
5546   track and .mv-inview-sticky pins a 300x250 creative inside it as the
5547   page scrolls, so the spare 100px sits below the ad at one scroll
5548   position and above it at another. It is doing its job: the track is
5549   reserved so the page does not jump when the ad arrives, and the
5550   stickiness is what Mediavine is paid on.
5551
5552   Adding margin here makes that worse rather than better, which is why
5553   these values are deliberately small. If the total space still feels
5554   like too much, the setting to change is the slot size in Mediavine,
5555   not anything in this stylesheet.
5556   ==================================================================== */
5557
5558.entry-content .adthrive-ad,
5559.entry-content [class*="mv-rail-slide"],
5560.entry-content [data-slotid]{
5561  margin-top:20px;
5562  margin-bottom:20px;
5563}
5564
5565@media(max-width:640px){
5566  .entry-content .adthrive-ad,
5567  .entry-content [class*="mv-rail-slide"],
5568  .entry-content [data-slotid]{
5569    margin-top:16px;
5570    margin-bottom:16px;
5571  }
5572}
5573
5574
5575/* ====================================================================
5576   S. NAV ACTIVE STATE
5577   The RM Nav Active State snippet marks the current section on the
5578   client, because the header is a static element that cannot know what
5579   page it is on. It sets aria-current="page" on an exact match and the
5580   class "on" for anything inside that section.
5581
5582   The snippet has been running the whole time; the rules that painted
5583   it lived in section 3 of the old stylesheet and were not carried
5584   across, so it has been setting attributes nothing displayed.
5585
5586   The underline is drawn with box-shadow rather than border-bottom so
5587   that turning it on adds no height and the nav does not shift by a
5588   pixel when a link becomes active.
5589   ==================================================================== */
5590
5591.rm-nav a.on,
5592.rm-nav a[aria-current="page"]{
5593  color:var(--rm-accent);
5594  box-shadow:inset 0 -2px 0 0 var(--rm-accent);
5595  padding-bottom:3px;
5596}
5597
5598/* The mobile panel is a list rather than a row, so an underline reads
5599   as a mistake there. It takes the accent colour and a weight bump
5600   instead. */
5601.rm-mnav a.on,
5602.rm-mnav a[aria-current="page"]{
5603  color:var(--rm-accent);
5604  font-weight:600;
5605}
5606
5607
5608/* ====================================================================
5609   T. ARTICLE APPENDIX BLOCKS
5610   Pronunciation and Related Reading at the foot of an article.
5611
5612   Both replace a two-column list of plain text. Two columns at 700px
5613   made the eye read down the left, jump back to the top, and come down
5614   the right, and it forced the longest pronunciation entry to wrap in
5615   the middle of a respelling.
5616   ==================================================================== */
5617
5618/* ---- shared label ---- */
5619
5620.rm-appendix > h2,
5621.rm-appendix > .wp-block-heading{
5622  font-family:'Barlow',system-ui,sans-serif !important;
5623  font-variation-settings:normal !important;
5624  font-size:11.5px !important;
5625  font-weight:600 !important;
5626  letter-spacing:.09em;
5627  text-transform:uppercase;
5628  color:var(--rm-muted);
5629  margin:0 0 12px !important;
5630  line-height:1.4;
5631}
5632
5633/* ---- pronunciation: stacked pairs ---- */
5634
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6031        <h1>Roman Gods and Deities</h1>
6032                  <div class="rm-idx-desc"><p>Roman gods and deities formed a vast, layered pantheon that touched nearly every part of Roman life: state power, public ritual, household worship, and personal fate.</p>
6033<p>This category gathers the three groups that structured that world: the <a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/">Major Gods</a>, who ruled the central forces of the cosmos and the state; the <a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/">Minor Deities</a>, who governed specific corners of nature, labor, and daily life; and the <a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/">Personifications</a>, which gave divine form to ideas like victory, duty, and fate.</p>
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6050                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/amor/">
6051            <h2>Amor: The Roman Personification of Love</h2>
6052            <p>How Roman poets turned amor, the Latin word for love, into a character, a tyrant, and a cosmic force — sometimes all at once.</p>          </a>
6053                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/angerona/">
6054            <h2>Angerona: Roman Goddess of Silence, Secrets, and the Hidden Name of Rome</h2>
6055            <p>The Roman goddess of silence and secrets, whose bound and sealed statue guarded the hidden name of Rome itself.</p>          </a>
6056                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/apollo-and-augustus/">
6057            <h2>Apollo and Augustus: The Emperor&#8217;s Divine Patron</h2>
6058            <p>How Augustus made Apollo his divine patron — and let Rome believe the god was the emperor&#039;s own father.</p>          </a>
6059                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/apollo-oracle/">
6060            <h2>Apollo and the Oracle: Prophecy in the Roman World</h2>
6061            <p>Apollo was the god who knew the future — and dispensed it at Delphi in just enough measure to ruin the confident.</p>          </a>
6062                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/apollo-medicus/">
6063            <h2>Apollo Medicus: God of Plague and Healing</h2>
6064            <p>Apollo&#039;s oldest Roman role: the archer whose arrows both spread plague and cured it, worshipped as healer and destroyer at once.</p>          </a>
6065                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/apollo-music/">
6066            <h2>Apollo, the Muses, and the Music of the Spheres</h2>
6067            <p>Apollo as leader of the Muses and lord of divine music — and why Romans believed ordered sound came from the gods themselves.</p>          </a>
6068                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/apollo/">
6069            <h2>Apollo: Roman God of Light, Prophecy, and the Arts</h2>
6070            <p>The Roman god of light, prophecy, poetry, and healing — the one Greek god Rome kept unchanged and made patron of the emperor.</p>          </a>
6071                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/aurora/">
6072            <h2>Aurora: Roman Goddess of the Dawn</h2>
6073            <p>The Roman goddess of the dawn who opened heaven&#039;s gates each morning for the sun — eternal, unfailing, and never given a temple.</p>          </a>
6074                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/bacchus/">
6075            <h2>Bacchus: Roman God of Wine, Ecstasy, and the Bacchanalia</h2>
6076            <p>The Roman god of wine, ecstasy, and transformation, whose worship the Senate outlawed in 186 BCE as a criminal conspiracy.</p>          </a>
6077                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/bellona/">
6078            <h2>Bellona: Roman Goddess of War</h2>
6079            <p>The Roman goddess of war&#039;s fury, honored in the rites that declared Rome&#039;s wars and served by priests who spilled their own blood.</p>          </a>
6080                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/bona-dea/">
6081            <h2>Bona Dea: Goddess of Women’s Mysteries</h2>
6082            <p>The &#039;Good Goddess&#039; of Rome&#039;s women, whose secret rites men were forbidden to witness — and the scandal that shook the late Republic.</p>          </a>
6083                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/cardea/">
6084            <h2>Cardea: Roman Goddess of Door Hinges and the Protection of the Home</h2>
6085            <p>The Roman goddess of the door hinge — guardian of the threshold and protector of the home against the dangers of the night.</p>          </a>
6086                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/carmenta/">
6087            <h2>Carmenta: Roman Goddess of Prophecy and Childbirth</h2>
6088            <p>
6088The ancient Roman goddess of prophecy and childbirth, credited with inventing the Latin alphabet and woven into Rome&#039;s founding.</p>          </a>
6089                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/ceres/">
6090            <h2>Ceres: Roman Goddess of Agriculture, Grain, and the Plebeian Order</h2>
6091            <p>The Roman goddess of grain and agriculture — the source of the word &#039;cereal&#039; and of one of Rome&#039;s most politically charged temples.</p>          </a>
6092                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/concordia/">
6093            <h2>Concordia: Roman Goddess of Harmony and Civil Unity</h2>
6094            <p>The Roman goddess of harmony and civic unity, whose temples rose again and again each time Rome nearly tore itself apart.</p>          </a>
6095                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/consus/">
6096            <h2>Consus: Roman God of the Grain Store and the Underground Altar</h2>
6097            <p>The Roman god of stored grain, whose buried altar was opened just twice a year — once for the abduction of the Sabine women.</p>          </a>
6098                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/cupid/">
6099            <h2>Cupid: God of Love and Desire</h2>
6100            <p>How Rome turned Cupid from a primordial cosmic force into the winged, arrow-bearing boy we picture today.</p>          </a>
6101                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/dea-dia/">
6102            <h2>Dea Dia: Ancient Goddess of the Roman Fields</h2>
6103            <p>An ancient Roman goddess of the fields, served by a priesthood that kept records for five centuries and sang one of Latin&#039;s oldest hymns.</p>          </a>
6104                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/diana-lucina/">
6105            <h2>Diana Lucina: The Virgin Goddess of Childbirth</h2>
6106            <p>Why the virgin huntress Diana was also Rome&#039;s goddess of childbirth — the maiden who brought children into the light.</p>          </a>
6107                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/diana-moon/">
6108            <h2>Diana, Trivia, and the Moon: The Triple Goddess</h2>
6109            <p>Diana as the triple goddess — moon in the sky, huntress on earth, mistress of the crossroads — one name spanning the whole cosmos.</p>          </a>
6110                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/diana/">
6111            <h2>Diana: Roman Goddess of the Hunt, the Moon, and the Wild</h2>
6112            <p>The Roman goddess of the hunt, the moon, and the wild — a native Italian power who ruled the boundaries between one world and the next.</p>          </a>
6113                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/fauna/">
6114            <h2>Fauna: Roman Goddess of Women and the Wild</h2>
6115            <p>The ambiguous Roman goddess of women and the wild — counterpart of Faunus, and so old her identity had blurred with Bona Dea&#039;s.</p>          </a>
6116                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/faunus/">
6117            <h2>Faunus: Roman God of the Forest, Prophecy, and the Wild</h2>
6118            <p>One of Rome&#039;s oldest gods — a woodland deity of prophecy and fertility who spoke through nightmares and inspired blessing and fear alike.</p>          </a>
6119                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/favonius/">
6120            <h2>Favonius: Roman God of the West Wind</h2>
6121            <p>The Roman god of the west wind whose arrival ended winter — the breath that told Romans spring, planting, and sailing had come.</p>          </a>
6122                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/feronia/">
6123            <h2>Feronia: Ancient Goddess of Wilderness, Freedom, and Sacred Groves</h2>
6124            <p>An ancient Italian goddess of wilderness and freedom who freed slaves, and whose priests walked barefoot over burning coals.</p>          </a>
6125                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/flora/">
6126            <h2>Flora: Roman Goddess of Flowers and Spring</h2>
6127            <p>The Roman goddess of flowers and spring — patroness of the blossom every crop depen
6127ded on, honored with the riotous Floralia.</p>          </a>
6128                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/fortuna/">
6129            <h2>Fortuna: Roman Goddess of Luck, Chance, and the Wheel of Fate</h2>
6130            <p>The Roman goddess of luck and fate, invoked and feared above almost every other — mistress of the part of life beyond human control.</p>          </a>
6131                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/furrina/">
6132            <h2>Furrina: The Ancient Roman Goddess Whose Name Nobody Could Explain</h2>
6133            <p>The Roman goddess so ancient that her own worshippers kept her festival and priesthood long after they&#039;d forgotten what she governed.</p>          </a>
6134                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/how-powerful-was-jupiter/">
6135            <h2>How Powerful Was Jupiter?</h2>
6136            <p>Just how powerful was Jupiter? The god whose omens could halt elections, void laws, and force magistrates out of office.</p>          </a>
6137                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/janus/">
6138            <h2>Janus: Roman God of Beginnings, Gates, and Time</h2>
6139            <p>The two-faced Roman god of doorways, beginnings, and time — invoked first in every prayer, and the source of the name January.</p>          </a>
6140                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/juno/">
6141            <h2>Juno: Queen of the Gods and Protector of Women</h2>
6142            <p>The queen of the Roman gods and protector of women, who fought Rome&#039;s founding through the Aeneid and was made supreme all the same.</p>          </a>
6143                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/jupiter-fate/">
6144            <h2>Jupiter and Fate: Supreme God or Servant of a Higher Law?</h2>
6145            <p>Was Jupiter truly supreme, or bound by the Fates above him? The tension Rome&#039;s greatest god never fully resolved.</p>          </a>
6146                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/jupiter-law-justice/">
6147            <h2>Jupiter as God of Law and Justice</h2>
6148            <p>How Jupiter underwrote Roman law itself — witness to every oath, invoked before every war, the god perjury offended first.</p>          </a>
6149                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/jupiter/">
6150            <h2>Jupiter: King of the Roman Gods</h2>
6151            <p>King of the Roman gods, lord of the sky and thunder, and guardian of the Roman state.</p>          </a>
6152                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/jupiter-sky-thunder/">
6153            <h2>Jupiter&#8217;s Thunder and Lightning: How Rome Read the Sky</h2>
6154            <p>King of the gods and guardian of Rome; god of the sky, thunder, and law.</p>          </a>
6155                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/lares/">
6156            <h2>Lares Familiares: Guardians of the Roman Household</h2>
6157            <p>The guardian spirits of the Roman household — gods particular to one house, one family, one patch of ground, honored every day.</p>          </a>
6158                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/laverna/">
6159            <h2>Laverna: Roman Goddess of Thieves, Fraudsters, and False Oaths</h2>
6160            <p>The Roman goddess of thieves and false oaths, invoked to keep a crime hidden and a reputation clean — and Romans found her funny.</p>          </a>
6161                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/libitina/">
6162            <h2>Libitina: Roman Goddess of Death, Funerals, and the Registry of the Dead</h2>
6163            <p>The Roman goddess of funerals whose temple also held the city&#039;s death records — as much a civic institution as a deity.</p>          </a>
6164                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/luna/">
6165            <h2>Luna: Roman Goddess of the Moon</h2>
6166            <p>
6166The Roman goddess who was the moon itself made divine — not a symbol of it, but the celestial body given a face and a will.</p>          </a>
6167                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mars-gradivus/">
6168            <h2>Mars Gradivus: The God Who Marched With Rome&#8217;s Armies</h2>
6169            <p>Mars Gradivus, god of the advance — the aspect of the war god who ruled the charged moment between preparation and battle.</p>          </a>
6170                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mars-in-roman-military-culture/">
6171            <h2>Mars in Roman Military Culture</h2>
6172            <p>How Mars was built into Rome&#039;s army — its calendar, its priesthoods, its sacred spears, and the legions&#039; very sense of themselves.</p>          </a>
6173                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mars-ultor/">
6174            <h2>Mars Ultor: The Vow That Built Rome&#8217;s Most Political Temple</h2>
6175            <p>The temple Octavian vowed to Mars in vengeance for Caesar&#039;s murder — Rome&#039;s most deliberate act of political theology.</p>          </a>
6176                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mars/">
6177            <h2>Mars: Roman God of War, Agriculture, and the Founding of Rome</h2>
6178            <p>The Roman god of war, agriculture, and Rome&#039;s founding — father of Romulus, patron of the legions, and once a god of farmers.</p>          </a>
6179                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mercury/">
6180            <h2>Mercury: Roman God of Trade, Messages, and Boundaries</h2>
6181            <p>The Roman god of trade, messages, and boundaries — the swift divine go-between who became the most worshipped god in Gaul.</p>          </a>
6182                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/minerva/">
6183            <h2>Minerva: Goddess of Wisdom, Strategy, and the Arts</h2>
6184            <p>Born fully armed from Jupiter&#039;s skull, Minerva was Rome&#039;s goddess of wisdom and strategy and patron of nearly every skilled craft.</p>          </a>
6185                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/nemesis/">
6186            <h2>Nemesis: Roman Goddess of Retribution and Divine Proportion</h2>
6187            <p>The Roman goddess who punished not the wicked but the excessive — anyone with more fortune or pride than the gods would allow.</p>          </a>
6188                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/neptune/">
6189            <h2>Neptune: Roman God of the Sea, Horses, and Earthquakes</h2>
6190            <p>The Roman god of the sea, horses, and earthquakes — lord of a navy-building empire who had almost no myths of his own.</p>          </a>
6191                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/pax/">
6192            <h2>Pax: Goddess of Peace</h2>
6193            <p>The Roman goddess of peace whom Augustus set at the center of his program — an ideal turned into an argument about who deserved to rule.</p>          </a>
6194                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/pluto/">
6195            <h2>Pluto: God of the Underworld and Wealth</h2>
6196            <p>Rome had three gods of the underworld and chose carefully among them — Pluto, lord of the dead and of the hidden wealth beneath the earth.</p>          </a>
6197                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/proserpina/">
6198            <h2>Proserpina: Queen of the Underworld</h2>
6199            <p>The maiden Pluto dragged underground to reign as queen of the dead — the same goddess Rome grew in its wheat and named in its curses.</p>          </a>
6200                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/quirinus/">
6201            <h2>Quirinus: Roman God of the Quirites</h2>
6202            <p>The mysterious third god of Rome&#039;s supreme triad, beside Jupiter and Mars — the deified Romulus, and the god of the Roman people.</p>          </a>
6203                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/all-roman-gods/">
6204            <h2>Roman Gods: The Complete List of Major and Minor Gods</h2>
6205            <p>A complete reference index of the Roman pantheon, from the great gods of state to the deities of door hinges, stored grain, and volcanic vapor.</p>          </a>
6206                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/saturn/">
6207            <h2>Saturn: Roman God of the Harvest, Abundance, and the Golden Age</h2>
6208            <p>The Roman god of harvest and the lost Golden Age, whose temple held the state treasury and whose festival suspended every rule.</p>          </a>
6209                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/sol/">
6210            <h2>Sol: The Roman God of the Sun</h2>
6211            <p>
6211The Roman sun god who drove his chariot across the sky for centuries — then, declared unconquerable, nearly eclipsed every other god.</p>          </a>
6212                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/somnus/">
6213            <h2>Somnus: Roman God of Sleep</h2>
6214            <p>The Roman god of sleep and brother of Death, who presided over the nightly threshold Romans saw as a small death and rebirth.</p>          </a>
6215                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-birth-myth/">
6216            <h2>The Birth of Venus: From Sea-Foam to Eternal Image</h2>
6217            <p>Venus born from sea-foam and a sky god&#039;s wound — the violent origin behind mythology&#039;s most beautiful image.</p>          </a>
6218                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mars-epithets/">
6219            <h2>The Epithets of Mars: How Rome Named Its God of War</h2>
6220            <p>One war god, dozens of names — how each epithet of Mars answered a different situation, need, and moment of Roman warfare.</p>          </a>
6221                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-epithets/">
6222            <h2>The Epithets of Venus: How Rome Understood Its Goddess of Love</h2>
6223            <p>Venus was never one goddess — Genetrix, Victrix, Verticordia — each face with its own temple, history, and claim on Roman life.</p>          </a>
6224                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/roman-fates-parcae/">
6225            <h2>The Parcae: Rome&#8217;s Three Fates</h2>
6226            <p>Rome&#039;s three Fates — one spun the thread of life, one measured it, one cut it — and not even Jupiter could undo the cut.</p>          </a>
6227                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/penates/">
6228            <h2>The Penates: Guardians of Rome&#8217;s Households and the Roman State</h2>
6229            <p>The gods of the Roman storeroom, owed the first share of every meal — guardians of both the household and the state itself.</p>          </a>
6230                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/twelve-olympian-gods/">
6231            <h2>The Twelve Major Roman Gods</h2>
6232            <p>The Dii Consentes, Rome&#039;s twelve principal gods — and why the list was never quite fixed says much about how Roman religion worked.</p>          </a>
6233                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/trivia/">
6234            <h2>Trivia: Roman Goddess of Crossroads, Night, and Magic</h2>
6235            <p>The Roman goddess of crossroads, night, and magic — worshipped where three roads met, because such places were never neutral ground.</p>          </a>
6236                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/vacuna/">
6237            <h2>Vacuna: Sabine Goddess of Rest and Leisure</h2>
6238            <p>The Sabine goddess of rest and leisure, remembered mainly because Horace wrote of idling beneath her ruined shrine.</p>          </a>
6239                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-and-aeneas/">
6240            <h2>Venus and Aeneas: Divine Mother, Mortal Son, and the Founding of Rome</h2>
6241            <p>How a goddess&#039;s love became Rome&#039;s founding myth — Venus, her mortal son Aeneas, and the line that led to Julius Caesar.</p>          </a>
6242                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-and-cupid/">
6243            <h2>Venus and Cupid: The Goddess of Love and Her Most Dangerous Son</h2>
6244            <p>Venus and Cupid as a targeted operation — the disguised god sent to infect Dido with a love that would destroy her.</p>          </a>
6245                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-and-mars/">
6246            <h2>Venus and Mars: Love, War, and What Each Made Possible</h2>
6247            <p>The famous affair of Venus and Mars — and why Rome saw love and war not as opposites but as the twin forces behind civilization.</p>          </a>
6248                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-and-vulcan/">
6249            <h2>Venus and Vulcan: The Marriage That Was Never Going to Work</h2>
6250            <p>The mismatched marriage of beauty and the forge — Venus given to the lame Vulcan, and why it was never going to work.</p>          </a>
6251                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-genetrix/">
6252            <h2>Venus Genetrix: The Divine Mother Who Made Rome Possible</h2>
6253            <p>The Venus that Caesar claimed as ancestor — Venus Genetrix, the divine mother he vowed a temple to and set at his forum&#039;s heart.</p>          </a>
6254                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-victrix/">
6255            <h2>Venus Victrix: The Goddess of Love Who Brought Victory</h2>
6256            <p>Venus Victrix, the love goddess who brought victory — and the temple Pompey disguised as a theater to honor her.</p>          </a>
6257                  <a class="rm-arc-i" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus/">
6258            <h2>Venus: Roman Goddess of Love, Beauty, and the Mother of Rome</h2>
6259            <p>Roman goddess of love, beauty, and desire, and through her son Aeneas, the divine mother of the Roman people.</p>          </a>
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6261            <h2>Vesta: Roman Goddess of the Hearth, the Eternal Flame, and the Vestal Virgins</h2>
6262            <p>The only major Roman goddess never shown in human form — her presence was the sacred hearth-fire itself, tended by the Vestals.</p>          </a>
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6265            <p>Victory itself made divine — Victoria was no metaphor but the goddess who marked which side the gods had chosen in battle.</p>          </a>
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6268            <p>The Roman god of fire and the forge, honored at the peak of summer&#039;s fire season with a bonfire fed by living fish.</p>          </a>
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6323				Roman Gods and Deities			</h1>
6324
6325			<div class="taxonomy-description"><p>Roman gods and deities formed a vast, layered pantheon that touched nearly every part of Roman life: state power, public ritual, household worship, and personal fate.</p>
6326<p>This category gathers the three groups that structured that world: the <a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/">Major Gods</a>, who ruled the central forces of the cosmos and the state; the <a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/">Minor Deities</a>, who governed specific corners of nature, labor, and daily life; and the <a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/">Personifications</a>, which gave divine form to ideas like victory, duty, and fate.</p>
6327<p>For every Roman god in one place, see <a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/all-roman-gods/">All Roman Gods: The Complete List</a>.</p>
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6329		<article id="post-926" class="post-926 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-personifications tag-amor tag-latin-poetry tag-love tag-roman-gods tag-roman-mythology generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope>
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6332				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/amor/" rel="bookmark">Amor: The Roman Personification of Love</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6333			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:36+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-26T15:02:19+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 26, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/marina/" title="View all posts by Marina Kellis" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Marina Kellis</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6336						
6337						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/amor/">
6338							<img width="1013" height="572" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1013px-Amor-Psyche-Canova-JBU01-e1761491140691.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1013px-Amor-Psyche-Canova-JBU01-e1761491140691.jpg 1013w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1013px-Amor-Psyche-Canova-JBU01-e1761491140691-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1013px-Amor-Psyche-Canova-JBU01-e1761491140691-768x434.jpg 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1013px-Amor-Psyche-Canova-JBU01-e1761491140691-542x306.jpg 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1013px-Amor-Psyche-Canova-JBU01-e1761491140691-792x447.jpg 792w" sizes="(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px" />
6339						</a>
6340					</div>
6341			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6342				<p>How Roman poets turned amor, the Latin word for love, into a character, a tyrant, and a cosmic force — sometimes all at once.</p>
6343			</div>
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6349<article id="post-1153" class="post-1153 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-minor-deities tag-angerona tag-minor-deities tag-roman-goddesses tag-roman-mythology tag-roman-religion generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope>
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6352				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/angerona/" rel="bookmark">Angerona: Roman Goddess of Silence, Secrets, and the Hidden Name of Rome</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6353			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:16+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-25T05:24:44+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 25, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/marina/" title="View all posts by Marina Kellis" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Marina Kellis</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6356						
6357						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/angerona/">
6358							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Angerona-Goddess-Silence-Secrets.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Illustration of Angerona, Roman goddess of silence and secrets, with her finger raised to her lips inside a dimly lit sanctuary." itemprop="image" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Angerona-Goddess-Silence-Secrets.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Angerona-Goddess-Silence-Secrets-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Angerona-Goddess-Silence-Secrets-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Angerona-Goddess-Silence-Secrets-768x512.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Angerona-Goddess-Silence-Secrets-542x361.png 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Angerona-Goddess-Silence-Secrets-1084x723.png 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Angerona-Goddess-Silence-Secrets-792x528.png 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Angerona-Goddess-Silence-Secrets-1230x820.png 1230w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6360					</div>
6361			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6362				<p>The Roman goddess of silence and secrets, whose bound and sealed statue guarded the hidden name of Rome itself.</p>
6363			</div>
6364
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6372				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/apollo-and-augustus/" rel="bookmark">Apollo and Augustus: The Emperor&#8217;s Divine Patron</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6373			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:31+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-06-03T15:22:30+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">June 3, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6376						
6377						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/apollo-and-augustus/">
6378							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-augustus-divine-patron-header.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Apollo standing beside Emperor Augustus in a golden classical Roman scene" itemprop="image" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-augustus-divine-patron-header.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-augustus-divine-patron-header-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-augustus-divine-patron-header-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-augustus-divine-patron-header-768x512.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6381			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6382				<p>How Augustus made Apollo his divine patron — and let Rome believe the god was the emperor&#8217;s own father.</p>
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6392				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/apollo-oracle/" rel="bookmark">Apollo and the Oracle: Prophecy in the Roman World</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6393			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:28+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-06-06T16:07:39+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">June 6, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6397						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/apollo-oracle/">
6398							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-oracle-prophecy-roman-world-header.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Apollo standing beside a Roman oracle priestess in a golden temple scene" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-oracle-prophecy-roman-world-header.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-oracle-prophecy-roman-world-header-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-oracle-prophecy-roman-world-header-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-oracle-prophecy-roman-world-header-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6400					</div>
6401			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6402				<p>Apollo was the god who knew the future — and dispensed it at Delphi in just enough measure to ruin the confident.</p>
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6412				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/apollo-medicus/" rel="bookmark">Apollo Medicus: God of Plague and Healing</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6413			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:28+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-06-05T15:57:31+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">June 5, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6417						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/apollo-medicus/">
6418							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-medicus-god-of-plague-healing-header.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Apollo Medicus holding a lyre and serpent staff between scenes of plague and healing" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-medicus-god-of-plague-healing-header.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-medicus-god-of-plague-healing-header-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-medicus-god-of-plague-healing-header-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-medicus-god-of-plague-healing-header-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6421			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6422				<p>Apollo&#8217;s oldest Roman role: the archer whose arrows both spread plague and cured it, worshipped as healer and destroyer at once.</p>
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6429<article id="post-4511" class="post-4511 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-major-gods tag-apollo tag-lyre tag-marsyas tag-music-of-the-spheres tag-the-muses generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope>
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6432				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/apollo-music/" rel="bookmark">Apollo, the Muses, and the Music of the Spheres</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6433			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:27+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-06-07T16:18:10+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">June 7, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6435			<div class="post-image">
6436						
6437						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/apollo-music/">
6438							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-muses-music-of-the-spheres-header.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Apollo playing a lyre among the Muses beneath a celestial sky of stars and planetary spheres" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-muses-music-of-the-spheres-header.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-muses-music-of-the-spheres-header-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-muses-music-of-the-spheres-header-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apollo-muses-music-of-the-spheres-header-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6441			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6442				<p>Apollo as leader of the Muses and lord of divine music — and why Romans believed ordered sound came from the gods themselves.</p>
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6444
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6452				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/apollo/" rel="bookmark">Apollo: Roman God of Light, Prophecy, and the Arts</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6453			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-21T20:05:15+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 21, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-17T15:32:51+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 17, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6458							<img width="1920" height="2560" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Apollo_Belvedere_public-domain-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Apollo_Belvedere_public-domain-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Apollo_Belvedere_public-domain-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Apollo_Belvedere_public-domain-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Apollo_Belvedere_public-domain-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Apollo_Belvedere_public-domain-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Apollo_Belvedere_public-domain-542x723.jpg 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Apollo_Belvedere_public-domain-1084x1445.jpg 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Apollo_Belvedere_public-domain-792x1056.jpg 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Apollo_Belvedere_public-domain-1230x1640.jpg 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100v
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6461			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6462				<p>The Roman god of light, prophecy, poetry, and healing — the one Greek god Rome kept unchanged and made patron of the emperor.</p>
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6464
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6472				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/aurora/" rel="bookmark">Aurora: Roman Goddess of the Dawn</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6473			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:35+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-28T18:37:00+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 28, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/micah/" title="View all posts by Micah Blaine" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Micah Blaine</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6478							<img width="1024" height="408" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Guido_Reni_-_LAurora_di_Guido_Reni_nelle_arti_decorative.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Guido_Reni_-_LAurora_di_Guido_Reni_nelle_arti_decorative.jpg 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Guido_Reni_-_LAurora_di_Guido_Reni_nelle_arti_decorative-300x120.jpg 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Guido_Reni_-_LAurora_di_Guido_Reni_nelle_arti_decorative-768x306.jpg 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Guido_Reni_-_LAurora_di_Guido_Reni_nelle_arti_decorative-542x216.jpg 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Guido_Reni_-_LAurora_di_Guido_Reni_nelle_arti_decorative-792x316.jpg 792w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />
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6481			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6482				<p>The Roman goddess of the dawn who opened heaven&#8217;s gates each morning for the sun — eternal, unfailing, and never given a temple.</p>
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6492				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/bacchus/" rel="bookmark">Bacchus: Roman God of Wine, Ecstasy, and the Bacchanalia</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6493			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:38+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-25T19:24:47+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 25, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6496						
6497						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/bacchus/">
6498							<img width="960" height="540" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bacchus-peter-paul-rubens-e1760995976859.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bacchus-peter-paul-rubens-e1760995976859.jpg 960w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bacchus-peter-paul-rubens-e1760995976859-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bacchus-peter-paul-rubens-e1760995976859-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bacchus-peter-paul-rubens-e1760995976859-542x305.jpg 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bacchus-peter-paul-rubens-e1760995976859-792x446.jpg 792w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" />
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6501			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6502				<p>The Roman god of wine, ecstasy, and transformation, whose worship the Senate outlawed in 186 BCE as a criminal conspiracy.</p>
6503			</div>
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6512				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/bellona/" rel="bookmark">Bellona: Roman Goddess of War</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6513			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:32+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-02T19:18:01+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 2, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6518							<img width="640" height="361" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Galle_Bellona_artificer-e1761506540830.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Galle_Bellona_artificer-e1761506540830.jpg 640w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Galle_Bellona_artificer-e1761506540830-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Galle_Bellona_artificer-e1761506540830-542x306.jpg 542w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" />
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6521			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6522				<p>The Roman goddess of war&#8217;s fury, honored in the rites that declared Rome&#8217;s wars and served by priests who spilled their own blood.</p>
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6524
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6532				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/bona-dea/" rel="bookmark">Bona Dea: Goddess of Women’s Mysteries</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6533			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:24+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-21T17:07:29+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 21, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6535			<div class="post-image">
6536						
6537						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/bona-dea/">
6538							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bona-dea-goddess-women-mysteries.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Bona Dea seated on a marble throne with a serpent at her feet, holding a scroll and ritual bowl in a Neoclassical-style 16:9 painting." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bona-dea-goddess-women-mysteries.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bona-dea-goddess-women-mysteries-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bona-dea-goddess-women-mysteries-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bona-dea-goddess-women-mysteries-768x512.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bona-dea-goddess-women-mysteries-542x361.png 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bona-dea-goddess-women-mysteries-1084x723.png 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bona-dea-goddess-women-mysteries-792x528.png 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bona-dea-goddess-women-mysteries-1230x820.png 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6541			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6542				<p>The &#8216;Good Goddess&#8217; of Rome&#8217;s women, whose secret rites men were forbidden to witness — and the scandal that shook the late Republic.</p>
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6544
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6552				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/cardea/" rel="bookmark">Cardea: Roman Goddess of Door Hinges and the Protection of the Home</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6553			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-21T19:51:40+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 21, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-28T17:17:49+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 28, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/marina/" title="View all posts by Marina Kellis" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Marina Kellis</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6556						
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6558							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Cardea-Goddess-Door-Hinges-Thresholds.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="A classical-style digital painting of Cardea, the Roman goddess of hinges and thresholds, holding a large brass key while standing beside a wooden door, illuminated by warm golden light." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Cardea-Goddess-Door-Hinges-Thresholds.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Cardea-Goddess-Door-Hinges-Thresholds-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Cardea-Goddess-Door-Hinges-Thresholds-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Cardea-Goddess-Door-Hinges-Thresholds-768x512.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Cardea-Goddess-Door-Hinges-Thresholds-542x361.png 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Cardea-Goddess-Door-Hinges-Thresholds-1084x723.png 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Cardea-Goddess-Door-Hinges-Thresholds-792x528.png 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Cardea-Goddess-Door-Hinges-Thresholds-1230x820.png 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6561			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6562				<p>The Roman goddess of the door hinge — guardian of the threshold and protector of the home against the dangers of the night.</p>
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6572				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/carmenta/" rel="bookmark">Carmenta: Roman Goddess of Prophecy and Childbirth</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6573			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:24+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-20T16:48:38+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 20, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6576						
6577						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/carmenta/">
6578							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/carmenta-goddess-childbirth.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Carmenta, the Roman goddess of prophecy and childbirth, seated with an infant in her arms and holding a prophetic scroll in a classical setting." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/carmenta-goddess-childbirth.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/carmenta-goddess-childbirth-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/carmenta-goddess-childbirth-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/carmenta-goddess-childbirth-768x512.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/carmenta-goddess-childbirth-542x361.png 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/carmenta-goddess-childbirth-1084x723.png 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/carmenta-goddess-childbirth-792x528.png 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/carmenta-goddess-childbirth-1230x820.png 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6579						</a>
6580					</div>
6581			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6582				<p>The ancient Roman goddess of prophecy and childbirth, credited with inventing the Latin alphabet and woven into Rome&#8217;s founding.</p>
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6592				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/ceres/" rel="bookmark">Ceres: Roman Goddess of Agriculture, Grain, and the Plebeian Order</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6593			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-21T13:03:57+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 21, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-23T14:45:16+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 23, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6598							<img width="557" height="313" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Abraham_Janssens_-_The_Goddess_Ceres_and_the_Symbols_of_Fertility-e1761237982749.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Abraham_Janssens_-_The_Goddess_Ceres_and_the_Symbols_of_Fertility-e1761237982749.jpg 557w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Abraham_Janssens_-_The_Goddess_Ceres_and_the_Symbols_of_Fertility-e1761237982749-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Abraham_Janssens_-_The_Goddess_Ceres_and_the_Symbols_of_Fertility-e1761237982749-542x305.jpg 542w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 557px) 100v
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6601			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6602				<p>The Roman goddess of grain and agriculture — the source of the word &#8216;cereal&#8217; and of one of Rome&#8217;s most politically charged temples.</p>
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6612				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/concordia/" rel="bookmark">Concordia: Roman Goddess of Harmony and Civil Unity</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6613			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:27+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-18T00:56:46+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 18, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/micah/" title="View all posts by Micah Blaine" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Micah Blaine</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6615			<div class="post-image">
6616						
6617						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/concordia/">
6618							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/concordia-goddess-of-harmony.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Concordia, the Roman Goddess of Harmony, seated on a marble throne holding a patera and cornucopia with a caduceus beside her, in a classical Roman-style image." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/concordia-goddess-of-harmony.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/concordia-goddess-of-harmony-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/concordia-goddess-of-harmony-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/concordia-goddess-of-harmony-768x512.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/concordia-goddess-of-harmony-542x361.png 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/concordia-goddess-of-harmony-1084x723.png 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/concordia-goddess-of-harmony-792x528.png 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/concordia-goddess-of-harmony-1230x820.png 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6621			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6622				<p>The Roman goddess of harmony and civic unity, whose temples rose again and again each time Rome nearly tore itself apart.</p>
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6624
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6632				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/consus/" rel="bookmark">Consus: Roman God of the Grain Store and the Underground Altar</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6633			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:21+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-24T02:58:43+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 24, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6637						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/consus/">
6638							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Consus-God-Stored-Grain-Secret-Councils.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Illustration of Consus, Roman god of stored grain and secret councils, standing beside a hidden underground altar with grain offerings." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Consus-God-Stored-Grain-Secret-Councils.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Consus-God-Stored-Grain-Secret-Councils-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Consus-God-Stored-Grain-Secret-Councils-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Consus-God-Stored-Grain-Secret-Councils-768x512.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Consus-God-Stored-Grain-Secret-Councils-542x361.png 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Consus-God-Stored-Grain-Secret-Councils-1084x723.png 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Consus-God-Stored-Grain-Secret-Councils-792x528.png 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Consus-God-Stored-Grain-Secret-Councils-1230x820.png 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6640					</div>
6641			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6642				<p>The Roman god of stored grain, whose buried altar was opened just twice a year — once for the abduction of the Sabine women.</p>
6643			</div>
6644
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6651					<header class="entry-header">
6652				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/cupid/" rel="bookmark">Cupid: God of Love and Desire</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6653			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:49+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-20T14:31:27+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 20, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/camille/" title="View all posts by Camille Rowden" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Camille Rowden</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6658							<img width="1024" height="577" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1024px-Bourgeois_Sir_Peter_Francis_-_Cupid_-_Google_Art_Project-e1760996142220.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1024px-Bourgeois_Sir_Peter_Francis_-_Cupid_-_Google_Art_Project-e1760996142220.jpg 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1024px-Bourgeois_Sir_Peter_Francis_-_Cupid_-_Google_Art_Project-e1760996142220-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1024px-Bourgeois_Sir_Peter_Francis_-_Cupid_-_Google_Art_Project-e1760996142220-768x433.jpg 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1024px-Bourgeois_Sir_Peter_Francis_-_Cupid_-_Google_Art_Project-e1760996142220-542x305.jpg 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1024px-Bourgeois_Sir_Peter_Francis_-_Cupid_-_Google_Art_Project-e1760996142220-792x446.jpg 792w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />
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6661			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6662				<p>How Rome turned Cupid from a primordial cosmic force into the winged, arrow-bearing boy we picture today.</p>
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6664
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6672				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/dea-dia/" rel="bookmark">Dea Dia: Ancient Goddess of the Roman Fields</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6673			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:26+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-20T01:49:25+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 20, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/micah/" title="View all posts by Micah Blaine" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Micah Blaine</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6676						
6677						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/dea-dia/">
6678							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/dea-dia-goddess-growth-renewal.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Illustration of Dea Dia, Roman goddess of growth and renewal, standing in a lush grove symbolizing agriculture and flourishing life." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/dea-dia-goddess-growth-renewal.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/dea-dia-goddess-growth-renewal-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/dea-dia-goddess-growth-renewal-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/dea-dia-goddess-growth-renewal-768x512.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/dea-dia-goddess-growth-renewal-542x361.png 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/dea-dia-goddess-growth-renewal-1084x723.png 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/dea-dia-goddess-growth-renewal-792x528.png 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/dea-dia-goddess-growth-renewal-1230x820.png 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6681			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6682				<p>An ancient Roman goddess of the fields, served by a priesthood that kept records for five centuries and sang one of Latin&#8217;s oldest hymns.</p>
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6684
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6692				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/diana-lucina/" rel="bookmark">Diana Lucina: The Virgin Goddess of Childbirth</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6693			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:26+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-06-11T22:24:52+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">June 11, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6696						
6697						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/diana-lucina/">
6698							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/diana-lucina-virgin-goddess-of-childbirth-header.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Diana Lucina standing in a Roman sanctuary beside a mother and newborn child" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/diana-lucina-virgin-goddess-of-childbirth-header.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/diana-lucina-virgin-goddess-of-childbirth-header-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/diana-lucina-virgin-goddess-of-childbirth-header-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/diana-lucina-virgin-goddess-of-childbirth-header-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6701			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6702				<p>Why the virgin huntress Diana was also Rome&#8217;s goddess of childbirth — the maiden who brought children into the light.</p>
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6712				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/diana-moon/" rel="bookmark">Diana, Trivia, and the Moon: The Triple Goddess</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6713			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:25+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-06-12T22:35:26+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">June 12, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6718							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/diana-trivia-moon-triple-goddess-header.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Diana, Trivia, and Luna standing beneath a full moon as a triple goddess figure" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/diana-trivia-moon-triple-goddess-header.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/diana-trivia-moon-triple-goddess-header-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/diana-trivia-moon-triple-goddess-header-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/diana-trivia-moon-triple-goddess-header-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6721			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6722				<p>Diana as the triple goddess — moon in the sky, huntress on earth, mistress of the crossroads — one name spanning the whole cosmos.</p>
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6732				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/diana/" rel="bookmark">Diana: Roman Goddess of the Hunt, the Moon, and the Wild</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6733			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:52+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-19T05:03:32+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 19, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/camille/" title="View all posts by Camille Rowden" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Camille Rowden</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6737						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/diana/">
6738							<img width="1280" height="975" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Diana_MET_DP170796.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Diana_MET_DP170796.jpg 1280w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Diana_MET_DP170796-300x229.jpg 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Diana_MET_DP170796-1024x780.jpg 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Diana_MET_DP170796-768x585.jpg 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Diana_MET_DP170796-542x413.jpg 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Diana_MET_DP170796-1084x826.jpg 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Diana_MET_DP170796-792x603.jpg 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Diana_MET_DP170796-1230x937.jpg 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" />
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6741			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6742				<p>The Roman goddess of the hunt, the moon, and the wild — a native Italian power who ruled the boundaries between one world and the next.</p>
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6744
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6752				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/fauna/" rel="bookmark">Fauna: Roman Goddess of Women and the Wild</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6753			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:14+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-27T05:39:37+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 27, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/julian/" title="View all posts by Julian Crestwood" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Julian Crestwood</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6756						
6757						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/fauna/">
6758							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Fauna-Goddess-Prophecy-Healing.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Illustration of Fauna, Roman goddess of prophecy and healing, seated in a peaceful woodland clearing with herbs and gentle light surrounding her." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Fauna-Goddess-Prophecy-Healing.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Fauna-Goddess-Prophecy-Healing-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Fauna-Goddess-Prophecy-Healing-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Fauna-Goddess-Prophecy-Healing-768x512.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Fauna-Goddess-Prophecy-Healing-542x361.png 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Fauna-Goddess-Prophecy-Healing-1084x723.png 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Fauna-Goddess-Prophecy-Healing-792x528.png 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Fauna-Goddess-Prophecy-Healing-1230x820.png 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" />
6759						</a>
6760					</div>
6761			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6762				<p>The ambiguous Roman goddess of women and the wild — counterpart of Faunus, and so old her identity had blurred with Bona Dea&#8217;s.</p>
6763			</div>
6764
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6772				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/faunus/" rel="bookmark">Faunus: Roman God of the Forest, Prophecy, and the Wild</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6773			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:37+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-05-20T13:57:24+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">May 20, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6775			<div class="post-image">
6776						
6777						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/faunus/">
6778							<img width="1672" height="941" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/faunus-roman-god-forest-prophecy-wild.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Faunus sits in a sacred forest grove with deer, a wolf, ancient trees, and a smoking altar beside him." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/faunus-roman-god-forest-prophecy-wild.png 1672w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/faunus-roman-god-forest-prophecy-wild-300x169.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/faunus-roman-god-forest-prophecy-wild-1024x576.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/faunus-roman-god-forest-prophecy-wild-768x432.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/faunus-roman-god-forest-prophecy-wild-1536x864.png 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px" />
6779						</a>
6780					</div>
6781			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6782				<p>One of Rome&#8217;s oldest gods — a woodland deity of prophecy and fertility who spoke through nightmares and inspired blessing and fear alike.</p>
6783			</div>
6784
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6790	<div class="inside-article">
6791					<header class="entry-header">
6792				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/favonius/" rel="bookmark">Favonius: Roman God of the West Wind</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6793			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:19+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-24T23:15:03+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 24, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/micah/" title="View all posts by Micah Blaine" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Micah Blaine</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
6794					</header>
6795			<div class="post-image">
6796						
6797						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/favonius/">
6798							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/roman-mythology-favonius.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Classical-style painting of Favonius, the Roman god of the West Wind, shown as a winged youth holding a small bouquet of flowers against a dim, atmospheric sky." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/roman-mythology-favonius.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/roman-mythology-favonius-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/roman-mythology-favonius-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/roman-mythology-favonius-768x512.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/roman-mythology-favonius-542x361.png 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/roman-mythology-favonius-1084x723.png 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/roman-mythology-favonius-792x528.png 792w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6800					</div>
6801			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6802				<p>The Roman god of the west wind whose arrival ended winter — the breath that told Romans spring, planting, and sailing had come.</p>
6803			</div>
6804
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6812				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/feronia/" rel="bookmark">Feronia: Ancient Goddess of Wilderness, Freedom, and Sacred Groves</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6813			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:27+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-19T16:17:03+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 19, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/camille/" title="View all posts by Camille Rowden" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Camille Rowden</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
6814					</header>
6815			<div class="post-image">
6816						
6817						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/feronia/">
6818							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/feronia-roman-goddess-wilderness-renewal-liberation.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="A classical-style illustration of the Roman goddess Feronia holding a torch and offering bowl, framed by a tree and a flowing spring, rendered in warm sepia tones." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/feronia-roman-goddess-wilderness-renewal-liberation.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/feronia-roman-goddess-wilderness-renewal-liberation-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/feronia-roman-goddess-wilderness-renewal-liberation-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/feronia-roman-goddess-wilderness-renewal-liberation-768x512.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/feronia-roman-goddess-wilderness-renewal-liberation-542x361.png 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/feronia-roman-goddess-wilderness-renewal-liberation-1084x723.png 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/feronia-roman-goddess-wilderness-renewal-liberation-792x528.png 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/feronia-roman-goddess-wilderness-renewal-liberation-1230x820.png 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6821			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6822				<p>An ancient Italian goddess of wilderness and freedom who freed slaves, and whose priests walked barefoot over burning coals.</p>
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6824
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6831					<header class="entry-header">
6832				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/flora/" rel="bookmark">Flora: Roman Goddess of Flowers and Spring</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6833			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:23+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-07-27T07:45:48+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">July 27, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6835			<div class="post-image">
6836						
6837						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/flora/">
6838							<img width="1586" height="992" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/flora-roman-goddess-flowers-spring-header.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Flora, Roman goddess of flowers and spring, scattering blossoms in a sunlit meadow near an ancient Italian temple." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/flora-roman-goddess-flowers-spring-header.png 1586w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/flora-roman-goddess-flowers-spring-header-300x188.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/flora-roman-goddess-flowers-spring-header-1024x640.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/flora-roman-goddess-flowers-spring-header-768x480.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/flora-roman-goddess-flowers-spring-header-1536x961.png 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1586px) 100v
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6841			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6842				<p>The Roman goddess of flowers and spring — patroness of the blossom every crop depended on, honored with the riotous Floralia.</p>
6843			</div>
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6852				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/fortuna/" rel="bookmark">Fortuna: Roman Goddess of Luck, Chance, and the Wheel of Fate</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6853			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:36+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-27T18:31:19+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 27, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6862				<p>The Roman goddess of luck and fate, invoked and feared above almost every other — mistress of the part of life beyond human control.</p>
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6872				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/furrina/" rel="bookmark">Furrina: The Ancient Roman Goddess Whose Name Nobody Could Explain</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6873			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:23+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-22T21:07:24+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 22, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/micah/" title="View all posts by Micah Blaine" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Micah Blaine</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6878							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/furrina-roman-goddess-springs.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="An artistic depiction of Furrina, the Roman goddess of springs, standing beside a flowing natural spring surrounded by a shaded forest grove." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/furrina-roman-goddess-springs.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/furrina-roman-goddess-springs-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/furrina-roman-goddess-springs-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/furrina-roman-goddess-springs-768x512.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/furrina-roman-goddess-springs-542x361.png 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/furrina-roman-goddess-springs-1084x723.png 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/furrina-roman-goddess-springs-792x528.png 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/furrina-roman-goddess-springs-1230x820.png 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6881			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6882				<p>The Roman goddess so ancient that her own worshippers kept her festival and priesthood long after they&#8217;d forgotten what she governed.</p>
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6892				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/how-powerful-was-jupiter/" rel="bookmark">How Powerful Was Jupiter?</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6893			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-21T23:07:29+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 21, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-03-25T04:42:59+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">March 25, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6902				<p>Just how powerful was Jupiter? The god whose omens could halt elections, void laws, and force magistrates out of office.</p>
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6912				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/janus/" rel="bookmark">Janus: Roman God of Beginnings, Gates, and Time</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6913			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:36+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-26T15:05:30+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 26, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6922				<p>The two-faced Roman god of doorways, beginnings, and time — invoked first in every prayer, and the source of the name January.</p>
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6932				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/juno/" rel="bookmark">Juno: Queen of the Gods and Protector of Women</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6933			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:59+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-17T15:52:55+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 17, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/camille/" title="View all posts by Camille Rowden" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Camille Rowden</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6941			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6942				<p>The queen of the Roman gods and protector of women, who fought Rome&#8217;s founding through the Aeneid and was made supreme all the same.</p>
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6949<article id="post-1638" class="post-1638 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-major-gods tag-aeneid tag-did-jupiter-control-fate tag-fate tag-jupiter tag-jupiter-and-fate tag-parcae tag-roman-fate tag-roman-gods tag-roman-mythology tag-roman-religion tag-stoicism generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope>
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6952				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/jupiter-fate/" rel="bookmark">Jupiter and Fate: Supreme God or Servant of a Higher Law?</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6953			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-21T22:08:19+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 21, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-03-30T18:36:43+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">March 30, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6955			<div class="post-image">
6956						
6957						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/jupiter-fate/">
6958							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-jupiter-control-fate.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Jupiter standing above the world with lightning as glowing threads of fate connect people and events below, symbolizing his influence over destiny" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-jupiter-control-fate.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-jupiter-control-fate-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-jupiter-control-fate-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-jupiter-control-fate-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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6961			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6962				<p>Was Jupiter truly supreme, or bound by the Fates above him? The tension Rome&#8217;s greatest god never fully resolved.</p>
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6972				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/jupiter-law-justice/" rel="bookmark">Jupiter as God of Law and Justice</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6973			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-21T22:03:42+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 21, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-03-29T18:03:08+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">March 29, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6976						
6977						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/jupiter-law-justice/">
6978							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-jupiter-roman-law.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Jupiter seated 
6978with a thunderbolt and scroll overlooking a Roman forum, symbolizing his role as god of law and justice" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-jupiter-roman-law.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-jupiter-roman-law-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-jupiter-roman-law-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-jupiter-roman-law-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" />
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6981			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
6982				<p>How Jupiter underwrote Roman law itself — witness to every oath, invoked before every war, the god perjury offended first.</p>
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6992				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/jupiter/" rel="bookmark">Jupiter: King of the Roman Gods</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
6993			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-22T02:03:54+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 22, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-17T15:47:42+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 17, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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6996						
6997						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/jupiter/">
6998							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-jupiter-god-of-gods.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Jupiter seated on a throne above the clouds holding a thunderbolt as king of the Roman gods." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-jupiter-god-of-gods.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-jupiter-god-of-gods-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-jupiter-god-of-gods-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-jupiter-god-of-gods-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7002				<p>King of the Roman gods, lord of the sky and thunder, and guardian of the Roman state.</p>
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7012				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/jupiter-sky-thunder/" rel="bookmark">Jupiter&#8217;s Thunder and Lightning: How Rome Read the Sky</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7013			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-21T21:59:27+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 21, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-03-26T17:28:13+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">March 26, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7016						
7017						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/jupiter-sky-thunder/">
7018							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-jupiter-god-sky-thunder.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Jupiter towering above ancient Rome with a thunderbolt as lightning fills the stormy sky, symbolizing his power as god of the sky and thunder" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-jupiter-god-sky-thunder.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-jupiter-god-sky-thunder-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-jupiter-god-sky-thunder-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-jupiter-god-sky-thunder-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7021			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7022				<p>King of the gods and guardian of Rome; god of the sky, thunder, and law.</p>
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7024
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7032				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/lares/" rel="bookmark">Lares Familiares: Guardians of the Roman Household</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7033			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:38+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-05-19T18:20:04+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">May 19, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7037						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/lares/">
7038							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lares-roman-household-shrine-header.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Roman household shrine with statues of the Lares, candles, offerings, and classical frescoes in warm golden light." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lares-roman-household-shrine-header.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lares-roman-household-shrine-header-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lares-roman-household-shrine-header-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lares-roman-household-shrine-header-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7041			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7042				<p>The guardian spirits of the Roman household — gods particular to one house, one family, one patch of ground, honored every day.</p>
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7052				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/laverna/" rel="bookmark">Laverna: Roman Goddess of Thieves, Fraudsters, and False Oaths</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7053			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-21T20:54:33+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 21, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-20T06:00:38+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 20, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/camille/" title="View all posts by Camille Rowden" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Camille Rowden</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7056						
7057						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/laverna/">
7058							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Laverna-Goddess-Thieves-Trickery.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Baroque-style painting of Laverna, the Roman goddess of thieves, holding a candle and coins beside an open chest filled with gold." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Laverna-Goddess-Thieves-Trickery.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Laverna-Goddess-Thieves-Trickery-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Laverna-Goddess-Thieves-Trickery-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Laverna-Goddess-Thieves-Trickery-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7061			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7062				<p>The Roman goddess of thieves and false oaths, invoked to keep a crime hidden and a reputation clean — and Romans found her funny.</p>
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7072				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/libitina/" rel="bookmark">Libitina: Roman Goddess of Death, Funerals, and the Registry of the Dead</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7073			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-21T21:25:03+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 21, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-26T05:32:58+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 26, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7076						
7077						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/libitina/">
7078							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Libitina-Goddess-Funerals-Rites.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Illustration of Libitina, Roman goddess of funerals and rites, standing in a dim sanctuary with funerary garlands and ritual tools." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Libitina-Goddess-Funerals-Rites.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Libitina-Goddess-Funerals-Rites-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Libitina-Goddess-Funerals-Rites-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Libitina-Goddess-Funerals-Rites-768x512.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Libitina-Goddess-Funerals-Rites-542x361.png 542w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7081			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7082				<p>The Roman goddess of funerals whose temple also held the city&#8217;s death records — as much a civic institution as a deity.</p>
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7089<article id="post-986" class="post-986 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-minor-deities tag-diana tag-endymion tag-luna tag-moon-goddess tag-roman-calendar tag-roman-goddess tag-roman-religion tag-sol-and-luna tag-trivia generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope>
7090	<div class="inside-article">
7091					<header class="entry-header">
7092				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/luna/" rel="bookmark">Luna: Roman Goddess of the Moon</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7093			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:28+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-15T15:47:32+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 15, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/micah/" title="View all posts by Micah Blaine" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Micah Blaine</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
7094					</header>
7095			<div class="post-image">
7096						
7097						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/luna/">
7098							<img width="960" height="542" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Luna_left_front_-_Getty_Museum_96.AB_.38-e1763135636505.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Ancient Roman bronze statuette of Luna, poised on pointed toe
7098s with a windblown mantle arched over her head, holding a small object in her right hand." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Luna_left_front_-_Getty_Museum_96.AB_.38-e1763135636505.jpg 960w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Luna_left_front_-_Getty_Museum_96.AB_.38-e1763135636505-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Luna_left_front_-_Getty_Museum_96.AB_.38-e1763135636505-768x434.jpg 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Luna_left_front_-_Getty_Museum_96.AB_.38-e1763135636505-542x306.jpg 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Luna_left_front_-_Getty_Museum_96.AB_.38-e1763135636505-792x447.jpg 792w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" />
7099						</a>
7100					</div>
7101			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7102				<p>The Roman goddess who was the moon itself made divine — not a symbol of it, but the celestial body given a face and a will.</p>
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7104
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7109<article id="post-2064" class="post-2064 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-major-gods tag-mars-epithets tag-mars-gradivus tag-mars-mythology tag-roman-god-of-war-forms tag-roman-military generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope>
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7111					<header class="entry-header">
7112				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mars-gradivus/" rel="bookmark">Mars Gradivus: The God Who Marched With Rome&#8217;s Armies</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7113			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:43+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-04-23T21:28:55+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">April 23, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7115			<div class="post-image">
7116						
7117						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mars-gradivus/">
7118							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-mars-gradivus-leads-soldiers.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Mars Gradivus leading Roman soldiers marching in formation, symbolizing disciplined movement into battle." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-mars-gradivus-leads-soldiers.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-mars-gradivus-leads-soldiers-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-mars-gradivus-leads-soldiers-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-mars-gradivus-leads-soldiers-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7119						</a>
7120					</div>
7121			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7122				<p>Mars Gradivus, god of the advance — the aspect of the war god who ruled the charged moment between preparation and battle.</p>
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7129<article id="post-2061" class="post-2061 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-major-gods tag-campus-martius tag-mars tag-mars-ultor tag-roman-military tag-salii generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope>
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7131					<header class="entry-header">
7132				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mars-in-roman-military-culture/" rel="bookmark">Mars in Roman Military Culture</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7133			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:36+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-05-20T21:11:53+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">May 20, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7135			<div class="post-image">
7136						
7137						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mars-in-roman-military-culture/">
7138							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-mars-legion-formation.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Roman legion in formation with Mars as a commanding presence, representing discipline and military power." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-mars-legion-formation.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-mars-legion-formation-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-mars-legion-formation-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-mars-legion-formation-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7139						</a>
7140					</div>
7141			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7142				<p>How Mars was built into Rome&#8217;s army — its calendar, its priesthoods, its sacred spears, and the legions&#8217; very sense of themselves.</p>
7143			</div>
7144
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7151					<header class="entry-header">
7152				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mars-ultor/" rel="bookmark">Mars Ultor: The Vow That Built Rome&#8217;s Most Political Temple</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7153			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:42+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-04-24T21:54:23+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">April 24, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7155			<div class="post-image">
7156						
7157						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mars-ultor/">
7158							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-mars-ultor.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Mars Ultor standing in a Roman temple representing justice, retribution, and controlled power." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-mars-ultor.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-mars-ultor-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-mars-ultor-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-mars-ultor-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7159						</a>
7160					</div>
7161			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7162				<p>The temple Octavian vowed to Mars in vengeance for Caesar&#8217;s murder — Rome&#8217;s most deliberate act of political theology.</p>
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7164
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7169<article id="post-138" class="post-138 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-major-gods tag-featured tag-mars tag-roman-gods tag-roman-military tag-roman-religion tag-romulus generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope>
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7172				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mars/" rel="bookmark">Mars: Roman God of War, Agriculture, and the Founding of Rome</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7173			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:59+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-17T16:04:35+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 17, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7175			<div class="post-image">
7176						
7177						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mars/">
7178							<img width="1671" height="940" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-mars-battle.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Mars, the Roman god of war, standing in armor with a spear and shield as Roman soldiers gather behind him at dawn." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-mars-battle.png 1671w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-mars-battle-300x169.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-mars-battle-1024x576.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-mars-battle-768x432.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-mars-battle-1536x864.png 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1671px) 100vw, 1671px" />
7179						</a>
7180					</div>
7181			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7182				<p>The Roman god of war, agriculture, and Rome&#8217;s founding — father of Romulus, patron of the legions, and once a god of farmers.</p>
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7184
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7192				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mercury/" rel="bookmark">Mercury: Roman God of Trade, Messages, and Boundaries</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7193			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:57+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-18T14:10:58+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 18, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7198							<img width="1280" height="1014" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FranÒ«ois_Boucher_-_Mercury_Entrusting_the_Infant_Bacchus_to_the_Nymphs_of_Nysa_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FranÒ«ois_Boucher_-_Mercury_Entrusting_the_Infant_Bacchus_to_the_Nymphs_of_Nysa_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1280w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FranÒ«ois_Boucher_-_Mercury_Entrusting_the_Infant_Bacchus_to_the_Nymphs_of_Nysa_-_Google_Art_Project-300x238.jpg 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FranÒ«ois_Boucher_-_Mercury_Entrusting_the_Infant_Bacchus_to_the_Nymphs_of_Nysa_-_Google_Art_Project-1024x811.jpg 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FranÒ«ois_Boucher_-_Mercury_Entrusting_the_Infant_Bacchus_to_the_Nymphs_of_Nysa_-_Google_Art_Project-768x608.jpg 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FranÒ«ois_Boucher_-_Mercury_Entrusting_the_Infant_Bacchus_to_the_Nymphs_of_Nysa_-_Google_Art_Project-542x429.jpg 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FranÒ«ois_Boucher_-_Mercury_Entrusting_the_Infant_Bacchus_to_the_Nymphs_of_Nysa_-_Google_Art_Project-1084x859.jpg 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FranÒ«ois_Boucher_-_Mercury_Entrusting_the_Infant_Bacchus_to_the_Nymphs_of_Nysa_-_Google_Art_Project-792x627.jpg 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FranÒ«ois_Boucher_-_Mercury_Entrusting_the_Infant_Bacchus_to_the_Nymphs_of_Nysa_-_Google_Art_Project-1230x974.jpg 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" />
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7201			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7202				<p>The Roman god of trade, messages, and boundaries — the swift divine go-between who became the most worshipped god in Gaul.</p>
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7212				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/minerva/" rel="bookmark">Minerva: Goddess of Wisdom, Strategy, and the Arts</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7213			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:58+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-17T16:12:21+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 17, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7218							<img width="1639" height="2048" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Minerva_MET_DT10577.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Minerva_MET_DT10577.jpg 1639w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Minerva_MET_DT10577-240x300.jpg 240w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Minerva_MET_DT10577-820x1024.jpg 820w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Minerva_MET_DT10577-768x960.jpg 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Minerva_MET_DT10577-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Minerva_MET_DT10577-542x677.jpg 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Minerva_MET_DT10577-1084x1355.jpg 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Minerva_MET_DT10577-792x990.jpg 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Minerva_MET_DT10577-1230x1537.jpg 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1639px) 100vw, 1639px" />
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7221			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7222				<p>Born fully armed from Jupiter&#8217;s skull, Minerva was Rome&#8217;s goddess of wisdom and strategy and patron of nearly every skilled craft.</p>
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7232				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/nemesis/" rel="bookmark">Nemesis: Roman Goddess of Retribution and Divine Proportion</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
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7236						
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7241			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7242				<p>The Roman goddess who punished not the wicked but the excessive — anyone with more fortune or pride than the gods would allow.</p>
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7252				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/neptune/" rel="bookmark">Neptune: Roman God of the Sea, Horses, and Earthquakes</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
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7256						
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7258							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-neptune.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Neptune standing on a rocky shore with a trident, surrounded by waves and sea creatures in a Roman mythological scene." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-neptune.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-neptune-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-neptune-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-neptune-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7261			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7262				<p>The Roman god of the sea, horses, and earthquakes — lord of a navy-building empire who had almost no myths of his own.</p>
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7264
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7269<article id="post-979" class="post-979 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-personifications tag-ara-pacis tag-augustus tag-pax tag-roman-goddesses tag-roman-religion generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope>
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7271					<header class="entry-header">
7272				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/pax/" rel="bookmark">Pax: Goddess of Peace</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7273			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:29+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-08T16:48:51+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 8, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7275			<div class="post-image">
7276						
7277						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/pax/">
7278							<img width="1024" height="640" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ars_Pacis_reliefs_1_of_2_plaster_casts_of_marble_originals_from_Augustan_Altar_of_Peace_Rome_18_to_9_BC_-_Spurlock_Museum_UIUC_-_DSC05728.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Plaster cast of a marble relief from the Ara Pacis Augustae depicting Pax, the Roman goddess of peace, seated 
7278with symbols of fertility and abundance." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ars_Pacis_reliefs_1_of_2_plaster_casts_of_marble_originals_from_Augustan_Altar_of_Peace_Rome_18_to_9_BC_-_Spurlock_Museum_UIUC_-_DSC05728.jpg 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ars_Pacis_reliefs_1_of_2_plaster_casts_of_marble_originals_from_Augustan_Altar_of_Peace_Rome_18_to_9_BC_-_Spurlock_Museum_UIUC_-_DSC05728-300x188.jpg 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ars_Pacis_reliefs_1_of_2_plaster_casts_of_marble_originals_from_Augustan_Altar_of_Peace_Rome_18_to_9_BC_-_Spurlock_Museum_UIUC_-_DSC05728-768x480.jpg 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ars_Pacis_reliefs_1_of_2_plaster_casts_of_marble_originals_from_Augustan_Altar_of_Peace_Rome_18_to_9_BC_-_Spurlock_Museum_UIUC_-_DSC05728-542x339.jpg 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ars_Pacis_reliefs_1_of_2_plaster_casts_of_marble_originals_from_Augustan_Altar_of_Peace_Rome_18_to_9_BC_-_Spurlock_Museum_UIUC_-_DSC05728-792x495.jpg 792w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />
7279						</a>
7280					</div>
7281			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7282				<p>The Roman goddess of peace whom Augustus set at the center of his program — an ideal turned into an argument about who deserved to rule.</p>
7283			</div>
7284
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7292				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/pluto/" rel="bookmark">Pluto: God of the Underworld and Wealth</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7293			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:43+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-22T14:37:31+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 22, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/micah/" title="View all posts by Micah Blaine" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Micah Blaine</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7297						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/pluto/">
7298							<img width="960" height="540" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Statuette_of_Pluto_front_-_Getty_Museum_71.AA_.438-e1761147837963.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Statuette_of_Pluto_front_-_Getty_Museum_71.AA_.438-e1761147837963.jpg 960w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Statuette_of_Pluto_front_-_Getty_Museum_71.AA_.438-e1761147837963-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Statuette_of_Pluto_front_-_Getty_Museum_71.AA_.438-e1761147837963-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Statuette_of_Pluto_front_-_Getty_Museum_71.AA_.438-e1761147837963-542x305.jpg 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Statuette_of_Pluto_front_-_Getty_Museum_71.AA_.438-e1761147837963-792x446.jpg 792w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 960px) 100v
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7301			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7302				<p>Rome had three gods of the underworld and chose carefully among them — Pluto, lord of the dead and of the hidden wealth beneath the earth.</p>
7303			</div>
7304
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7312				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/proserpina/" rel="bookmark">Proserpina: Queen of the Underworld</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7313			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-21T21:29:41+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 21, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-06-02T21:13:22+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">June 2, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7317						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/proserpina/">
7318							<img width="1672" height="941" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/proserpina-queen-of-the-underworld-header.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Proserpina seated as queen of the underworld, holding a pomegranate in a dark Roman cavern with torchlit ruins." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/proserpina-queen-of-the-underworld-header.png 1672w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/proserpina-queen-of-the-underworld-header-300x169.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/proserpina-queen-of-the-underworld-header-1024x576.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/proserpina-queen-of-the-underworld-header-768x432.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/proserpina-queen-of-the-underworld-header-1536x864.png 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px" />
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7321			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7322				<p>The maiden Pluto dragged underground to reign as queen of the dead — the same goddess Rome grew in its wheat and named in its curses.</p>
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7324
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7332				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/quirinus/" rel="bookmark">Quirinus: Roman God of the Quirites</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
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7336						
7337						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/quirinus/">
7338							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/quirinus-coin.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="A stylized digital illustration inspired by ancient Roman coins, showing a profile portrait of a male deity with classical features inside a circular medallion, set against a textured stone background." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/quirinus-coin.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/quirinus-coin-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/quirinus-coin-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/quirinus-coin-768x512.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/quirinus-coin-542x361.png 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/quirinus-coin-1084x723.png 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/quirinus-coin-792x528.png 792w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7339						</a>
7340					</div>
7341			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7342				<p>The mysterious third god of Rome&#8217;s supreme triad, beside Jupiter and Mars — the deified Romulus, and the god of the Roman people.</p>
7343			</div>
7344
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7352				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/all-roman-gods/" rel="bookmark">Roman Gods: The Complete List of Major and Minor Gods</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7353			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-21T20:38:06+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 21, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-05-20T14:47:02+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">May 20, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7356						
7357						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/all-roman-gods/">
7358							<img width="1774" height="887" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/all-roman-gods-pantheon-header.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Roman gods and goddesses gathered before ancient temples with Jupiter at the center, surrounded by divine symbols and sacred animals." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/all-roman-gods-pantheon-header.png 1774w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/all-roman-gods-pantheon-header-300x150.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/all-roman-gods-pantheon-header-1024x512.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/all-roman-gods-pantheon-header-768x384.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/all-roman-gods-pantheon-header-1536x768.png 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1774px) 100vw, 1774px" />
7359						</a>
7360					</div>
7361			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7362				<p>A complete reference index of the Roman pantheon, from the great gods of state to the deities of door hinges, stored grain, and volcanic vapor.</p>
7363			</div>
7364
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7372				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/saturn/" rel="bookmark">Saturn: Roman God of the Harvest, Abundance, and the Golden Age</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7373			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:39+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-25T15:00:25+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 25, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/camille/" title="View all posts by Camille Rowden" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Camille Rowden</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7376						
7377						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/saturn/">
7378							<img width="1232" height="694" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Saturn_from_Game_of_Mythology_Jeu_de_la_Mythologie_MET_DP831080-e1761250831334.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Saturn_from_Game_of_Mythology_Jeu_de_la_Mythologie_MET_DP831080-e1761250831334.jpg 1232w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Saturn_from_Game_of_Mythology_Jeu_de_la_Mythologie_MET_DP831080-e1761250831334-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Saturn_from_Game_of_Mythology_Jeu_de_la_Mythologie_MET_DP831080-e1761250831334-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Saturn_from_Game_of_Mythology_Jeu_de_la_Mythologie_MET_DP831080-e1761250831334-768x433.jpg 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Saturn_from_Game_of_Mythology_Jeu_de_la_Mythologie_MET_DP831080-e1761250831334-542x305.jpg 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Saturn_from_Game_of_Mythology_Jeu_de_la_Mythologie_MET_DP831080-e1761250831334-1084x611.jpg 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Saturn_from_Game_of_Mythology_Jeu_de_la_Mythologie_MET_DP831080-e1761250831334-792x446.jpg 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Saturn_from_Game_of_Mythology_Jeu_de_la_Mythologie_MET_DP831080-e1761250831334-1230x693.jpg 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1232px) 100vw, 1232px" />
7379						</a>
7380					</div>
7381			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7382				<p>The Roman god of harvest and the lost Golden Age, whose temple held the state treasury and whose festival suspended every rule.</p>
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7384
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7392				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/sol/" rel="bookmark">Sol: The Roman God of the Sun</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7393			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:29+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-07T16:16:00+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 7, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/micah/" title="View all posts by Micah Blaine" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Micah Blaine</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7396						
7397						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/sol/">
7398							<img width="1024" height="577" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Marble_Relief_of_Sun_God_Helios_in_a_Quadriga_from_Temple_of_Athena_at_Ilion-Troy_300-280_BC_28120631484-e1762360891151.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Marble relief of Sol, the Roman god of the Sun (Helios in Greek form), driving a four-horse chariot across the sky, symbolizing his daily journey." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Marble_Relief_of_Sun_God_Helios_in_a_Quadriga_from_Temple_of_Athena_at_Ilion-Troy_300-280_BC_28120631484-e1762360891151.jpg 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Marble_Relief_of_Sun_God_Helios_in_a_Quadriga_from_Temple_of_Athena_at_Ilion-Troy_300-280_BC_28120631484-e1762360891151-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Marble_Relief_of_Sun_God_Helios_in_a_Quadriga_from_Temple_of_Athena_at_Ilion-Troy_300-280_BC_28120631484-e1762360891151-768x433.jpg 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Marble_Relief_of_Sun_God_Helios_in_a_Quadriga_from_Temple_of_Athena_at_Ilion-Troy_300-280_BC_28120631484-e1762360891151-542x305.jpg 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Marble_Relief_of_Sun_God_Helios_in_a_Quadriga_from_Temple_of_Athena_at_Ilion-Troy_300-280_BC_28120631484-e1762360891151-792x446.jpg 792w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />
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7401			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7402				<p>
7402The Roman sun god who drove his chariot across the sky for centuries — then, declared unconquerable, nearly eclipsed every other god.</p>
7403			</div>
7404
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7413			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:30+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-11-06T15:28:49+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 6, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7416						
7417						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/somnus/">
7418							<img width="1024" height="577" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/somnus-1024px-Benczur_Hypnos_1920-e1762357854226.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Painting of Hypnos (Somnus), the Roman god of sleep, shown as a serene, winged youth holding a poppy." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/somnus-1024px-Benczur_Hypnos_1920-e1762357854226.jpg 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/somnus-1024px-Benczur_Hypnos_1920-e1762357854226-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/somnus-1024px-Benczur_Hypnos_1920-e1762357854226-768x433.jpg 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/somnus-1024px-Benczur_Hypnos_1920-e1762357854226-542x305.jpg 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/somnus-1024px-Benczur_Hypnos_1920-e1762357854226-792x446.jpg 792w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />
7419						</a>
7420					</div>
7421			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7422				<p>The Roman god of sleep and brother of Death, who presided over the nightly threshold Romans saw as a small death and rebirth.</p>
7423			</div>
7424
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7431					<header class="entry-header">
7432				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-birth-myth/" rel="bookmark">The Birth of Venus: From Sea-Foam to Eternal Image</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7433			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:55+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-03-31T21:55:35+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">March 31, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7435			<div class="post-image">
7436						
7437						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-birth-myth/">
7438							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-birth-of-venus.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Venus emerging from the sea on a shell representing her mythological birth in Roman mythology." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-birth-of-venus.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-birth-of-venus-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-birth-of-venus-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-birth-of-venus-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7440					</div>
7441			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7442				<p>Venus born from sea-foam and a sky god&#8217;s wound — the violent origin behind mythology&#8217;s most beautiful image.</p>
7443			</div>
7444
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7449<article id="post-2053" class="post-2053 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-major-gods tag-mars-epithets tag-mars-gradivus tag-mars-ultor tag-roman-god-of-war-forms tag-roman-gods generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope>
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7451					<header class="entry-header">
7452				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mars-epithets/" rel="bookmark">The Epithets of Mars: How Rome Named Its God of War</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7453			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:43+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-04-20T20:41:37+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">April 20, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7455			<div class="post-image">
7456						
7457						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/mars-epithets/">
7458							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/epithets-of-mars-roman-mythology.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Mars in Roman armor standing before legionaries, standards, and monumental Roman architecture, representing the many epithets of the Roman god of war" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/epithets-of-mars-roman-mythology.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/epithets-of-mars-roman-mythology-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/epithets-of-mars-roman-mythology-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/epithets-of-mars-roman-mythology-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7459						</a>
7460					</div>
7461			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7462				<p>One war god, dozens of names — how each epithet of Mars answered a different situation, need, and moment of Roman warfare.</p>
7463			</div>
7464
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7469<article id="post-1985" class="post-1985 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-major-gods tag-roman-gods tag-roman-mythology-venus tag-venus-epithets tag-venus-genetrix tag-venus-victrix generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope>
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7471					<header class="entry-header">
7472				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-epithets/" rel="bookmark">The Epithets of Venus: How Rome Understood Its Goddess of Love</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7473			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:46+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-04-11T01:06:23+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">April 11, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7475			<div class="post-image">
7476						
7477						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-epithets/">
7478							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-epithets-of-venus.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Multiple statues of Venus representing her different epithets, including Venus Genetrix and Venus Victrix, displayed in a Roman temple setting." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-epithets-of-venus.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-epithets-of-venus-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-epithets-of-venus-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-epithets-of-venus-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7479						</a>
7480					</div>
7481			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7482				<p>Venus was never one goddess — Genetrix, Victrix, Verticordia — each face with its own temple, history, and claim on Roman life.</p>
7483			</div>
7484
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7489<article id="post-1913" class="post-1913 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-personifications tag-fate-and-destiny tag-parcae tag-roman-fates tag-roman-mythology tag-roman-religion generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope>
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7491					<header class="entry-header">
7492				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/roman-fates-parcae/" rel="bookmark">The Parcae: Rome&#8217;s Three Fates</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7493			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:52+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-04-01T16:39:48+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">April 1, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7495			<div class="post-image">
7496						
7497						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/personifications/roman-fates-parcae/">
7498							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-parcae.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="The three Roman Fates, Nona, Decima, and Morta, controlling the thread of life in a symbolic scene" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-parcae.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-parcae-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-parcae-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-parcae-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7501			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7502				<p>Rome&#8217;s three Fates — one spun the thread of life, one measured it, one cut it — and not even Jupiter could undo the cut.</p>
7503			</div>
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7513			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-21T20:12:45+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 21, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-05-27T15:10:13+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">May 27, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7522The gods of the Roman storeroom, owed the first share of every meal — guardians of both the household and the state itself.</p>
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7532				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/twelve-olympian-gods/" rel="bookmark">The Twelve Major Roman Gods</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7533			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:50+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-04-03T03:36:10+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">April 3, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7537						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/twelve-olympian-gods/">
7538							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-12-major-roman-gods.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Twelve major Roman gods gathered in a grand marble temple, with Jupiter at the center holding a thunderbolt, surrounded by deities including Mars, Venus, Neptune, and Minerva in a classical mythological scene." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-12-major-roman-gods.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-12-major-roman-gods-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-12-major-roman-gods-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-12-major-roman-gods-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7542				<p>The Dii Consentes, Rome&#8217;s twelve principal gods — and why the list was never quite fixed says much about how Roman religion worked.</p>
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7552				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/trivia/" rel="bookmark">Trivia: Roman Goddess of Crossroads, Night, and Magic</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7553			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:34+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-30T18:58:44+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 30, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7558							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-trivia-goddess.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Triple-formed goddess Trivia stands at a moonlit crossroads, holding two torches that illuminate the surrounding forest." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-trivia-goddess.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-trivia-goddess-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-trivia-goddess-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-trivia-goddess-768x512.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-trivia-goddess-542x361.png 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-trivia-goddess-1084x723.png 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-trivia-goddess-792x528.png 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-trivia-goddess-1230x820.png 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7562				<p>The Roman goddess of crossroads, night, and magic — worshipped where three roads met, because such places were never neutral ground.</p>
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7572				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/vacuna/" rel="bookmark">Vacuna: Sabine Goddess of Rest and Leisure</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
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7578							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/vacuna-sabine-goddess-rest.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Illustration of Vacuna, the Sabine goddess of rest, seated in a peaceful valley landscape symbolizing renewal and tranquility." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/vacuna-sabine-goddess-rest.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/vacuna-sabine-goddess-rest-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/vacuna-sabine-goddess-rest-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/vacuna-sabine-goddess-rest-768x512.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/vacuna-sabine-goddess-rest-542x361.png 542w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/vacuna-sabine-goddess-rest-1084x723.png 1084w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/vacuna-sabine-goddess-rest-792x528.png 792w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/vacuna-sabine-goddess-rest-1230x820.png 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7582				<p>The Sabine goddess of rest and leisure, remembered mainly because Horace wrote of idling beneath her ruined shrine.</p>
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7592				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-and-aeneas/" rel="bookmark">Venus and Aeneas: Divine Mother, Mortal Son, and the Founding of Rome</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7593			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:46+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-04-10T21:25:59+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">April 10, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7597						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-and-aeneas/">
7598							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-venus-aeneas.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Venus guiding Aeneas during the fall of Troy, symbolizing divine protection and destiny" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-venus-aeneas.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-venus-aeneas-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-venus-aeneas-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-venus-aeneas-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100v
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7601			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7602				<p>How a goddess&#8217;s love became Rome&#8217;s founding myth — Venus, her mortal son Aeneas, and the line that led to Julius Caesar.</p>
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7612				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-and-cupid/" rel="bookmark">Venus and Cupid: The Goddess of Love and Her Most Dangerous Son</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7613			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:47+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-04-09T21:11:35+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">April 9, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7621			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7622				<p>Venus and Cupid as a targeted operation — the disguised god sent to infect Dido with a love that would destroy her.</p>
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7632				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-and-mars/" rel="bookmark">Venus and Mars: Love, War, and What Each Made Possible</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7633			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:49+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-04-03T17:22:39+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">April 3, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7636						
7637						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-and-mars/">
7638							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-venus-and-mars.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Venus and Mars standing together representing love and war in Roman mythology." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-venus-and-mars.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-venus-and-mars-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-venus-and-mars-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-mythology-venus-and-mars-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" />
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7641			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7642				<p>The famous affair of Venus and Mars — and why Rome saw love and war not as opposites but as the twin forces behind civilization.</p>
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7652				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-and-vulcan/" rel="bookmark">Venus and Vulcan: The Marriage That Was Never Going to Work</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7653			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:44+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-04-16T15:35:48+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">April 16, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7656						
7657						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-and-vulcan/">
7658							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-venus-vulcan.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Venus standing beside Vulcan in a forge, highlighting the contrast between beauty and craftsmanship in Roman mythology." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-venus-vulcan.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-venus-vulcan-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-venus-vulcan-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/roman-mythology-venus-vulcan-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" />
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7661			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7662				<p>The mismatched marriage of beauty and the forge — Venus given to the lame Vulcan, and why it was never going to work.</p>
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7672				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-genetrix/" rel="bookmark">Venus Genetrix: The Divine Mother Who Made Rome Possible</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7673			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:46+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-04-12T13:44:43+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">April 12, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7676						
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7678							<img width="1672" height="941" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/venus-genetrix-mother-of-rome-header.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Venus Genetrix standing on a Roman terrace with roses, a dove, and Cupid beside her as ancient Rome glows in the background." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/venus-genetrix-mother-of-rome-header.png 1672w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/venus-genetrix-mother-of-rome-header-300x169.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/venus-genetrix-mother-of-rome-header-1024x576.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/venus-genetrix-mother-of-rome-header-768x432.png 768w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/venus-genetrix-mother-of-rome-header-1536x864.png 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px" />
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7681			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7682				<p>The Venus that Caesar claimed as ancestor — Venus Genetrix, the divine mother he vowed a temple to and set at his forum&#8217;s heart.</p>
7683			</div>
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7689<article id="post-2010" class="post-2010 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-major-gods tag-pompey-venus tag-roman-gods tag-roman-mythology-venus tag-venus-victory tag-venus-victrix generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope>
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7692				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-victrix/" rel="bookmark">Venus Victrix: The Goddess of Love Who Brought Victory</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7693			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:34:45+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-04-13T15:11:48+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">April 13, 2026</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7697						<a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus-victrix/">
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7701			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7702				<p>Venus Victrix, the love goddess who brought victory — and the temple Pompey disguised as a theater to honor her.</p>
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7712				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/venus/" rel="bookmark">Venus: Roman Goddess of Love, Beauty, and the Mother of Rome</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7713			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-22T02:01:31+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 22, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-17T15:24:25+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 17, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/camille/" title="View all posts by Camille Rowden" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Camille Rowden</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7718							<img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-venus-goddess-love.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Venus standing on a seashell surrounded by roses and doves, representing the Roman goddess of love and beauty." itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-venus-goddess-love.png 1536w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-venus-goddess-love-300x200.png 300w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-venus-goddess-love-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roman-mythology-venus-goddess-love-768x512.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" />
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7722				<p>Roman goddess of love, beauty, and desire, and through her son Aeneas, the divine mother of the Roman people.</p>
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7732				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/major-gods/vesta/" rel="bookmark">Vesta: Roman Goddess of the Hearth, the Eternal Flame, and the Vestal Virgins</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7733			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:42+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-24T14:52:55+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 24, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/camille/" title="View all posts by Camille Rowden" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Camille Rowden</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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7741			<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
7742				<p>The only major Roman goddess never shown in human form — her presence was the sacred hearth-fire itself, tended by the Vestals.</p>
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7752				<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.romanmythology.com/roman-gods/minor-deities/victoria/" rel="bookmark">Victoria: Roman Goddess of Victory</a></h2>		<div class="entry-meta">
7753			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-14T22:35:34+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 14, 2026</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-10-29T18:49:30+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">October 29, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.romanmythology.com/author/theo/" title="View all posts by Theo Mercer" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Theo Mercer</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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8093
8094<script id="generate-smooth-scroll-js" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/plugins/gp-premium/general/js/smooth-scroll.min.js?ver=2.5.6"></script>
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8095<script id="wpascript-js" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/plugins/honeypot/includes/js/wpa.js?ver=2.4.02"></script>
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8102//# sourceURL=generate-menu-js-before
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8106var generatepressBackToTop = {"smooth":true};
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8108</script>
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8108
8109<script id="generate-back-to-top-js" src="https://www.romanmythology.com/0_rmwp/wp-content/themes/generatepress/assets/js/back-to-top.min.js?ver=3.6.1"></script>
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8110<script id="googlesitekit-events-provider-content-events-js-before">
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8124
8125	
8125<script>
8126	(function () {
8127		var d = document.documentElement;
8128
8129		function save(name, value) {
8130			var expiry = new Date(Date.now() + 31536000000).toUTCString();
8131			document.cookie = name + '=' + encodeURIComponent(value) +
8132				';expires=' + expiry + ';path=/;SameSite=Lax';
8133		}
8134
8135		function syncSize(v) {
8136			if (v) { d.setAttribute('data-psize', v); }
8137			else   { d.removeAttribute('data-psize'); }
8138			document.querySelectorAll('[data-rm-size]').forEach(function (b) {
8139				b.setAttribute('aria-pressed', b.dataset.rmSize === v);
8140			});
8141			save('rm_size', v);
8142		}
8143
8144		function syncTheme(dark) {
8145			if (dark) { d.setAttribute('data-theme', 'dark'); }
8146			else      { d.removeAttribute('data-theme'); }
8147			document.querySelectorAll('[data-rm-theme]').forEach(function (b) {
8148				b.setAttribute('aria-pressed', dark);
8149			});
8150			save('rm_theme', dark ? 'dark' : 'light');
8151		}
8152
8153		/* Reflect whatever the boot script already applied. */
8154		syncSize(d.getAttribute('data-psize') || '');
8155		document.querySelectorAll('[data-rm-theme]').forEach(function (b) {
8156			b.setAttribute('aria-pressed', d.getAttribute('data-theme') === 'dark');
8157		});
8158
8159		document.querySelectorAll('[data-rm-size]').forEach(function (b) {
8160			b.addEventListener('click', function () { syncSize(b.dataset.rmSize); });
8161		});
8162		document.querySelectorAll('[data-rm-theme]').forEach(function (b) {
8163			b.addEventListener('click', function () {
8164				syncTheme(d.getAttribute('data-theme') !== 'dark');
8165			});
8166		});
8167
8168		/* "/" focuses the search, matching the hint in the box. Ignored
8169		   while the visitor is already typing somewhere. */
8170		document.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
8171			if (e.key !== '/' || e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey || e.altKey) { return; }
8172			var t = e.target;
8173			if (t && (t.tagName === 'INPUT' || t.tagName === 'TEXTAREA' || t.isContentEditable)) { return; }
8174			var box = document.getElementById('rm-s');
8175			if (box) { e.preventDefault(); box.focus(); }
8176		});
8177
8178		/* Mobile menu. The panel repeats the nav, search and reader
8179		   controls, which is how mobile gets search and dark mode. */
8180		var burger = document.querySelector('.rm-burger');
8181		var panel  = document.getElementById('rm-mobile');
8182		if (burger && panel) {
8183			burger.addEventListener('click', function () {
8184				var open = burger.getAttribute('aria-expanded') === 'true';
8185				burger.setAttribute('aria-expanded', !open);
8186				panel.hidden = open;
8187				document.body.classList.toggle('rm-menu-open', !open);
8188			});
8189			/* Close on Escape, and on any link inside the panel. */
8190			document.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
8191				if (e.key === 'Escape' && burger.getAttribute('aria-expanded') === 'true') {
8192					burger.click(); burger.focus();
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8194			});
8195			panel.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
8196				if (e.target.closest('a')) { burger.click(); }
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8198		}
8199	})();
8200	</script>
8200
8201	
8201<script>
8202	(function () {
8203		var n = "210+";
8204		document.querySelectorAll('input[placeholder*="[rm_count]"]').forEach(function (el) {
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8206		});
8207	})();
8208	</script>
8208
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