Roma in Roman tradition
Helmet, spear, shield, and cuirass mark Roma as a figure of armed sovereignty. She is the Roman deity of Rome’s city and people, associated with state power, military victory, imperial unity, and dominion. Her Greek counterpart is Rhōmē, whereas Roma belongs to the Roman-Italic tradition and may also carry the titles Roma Aeterna, Roma Victrix, and Roma Felix.
The quick answers
Who is Roma?
Roma is a Roman deity associated with the city and people of Rome, Roman sovereignty and state power, military victory, imperial unity and dominion.Source
Source
- Roman Mythology
- Empire and Religion in the Roman World
- Bullfinch Mythology - The Age of Fable
- Religion & Classical Warfare: The Roman Empire
- The Oxford Companion to World Mythology
- Essential Visual History of World Mythology
What is Roma the god of?
the city and people of Rome, Roman sovereignty and state power, military victory, imperial unity and dominionSource
Source
- Roman Mythology
- Empire and Religion in the Roman World
- Bullfinch Mythology - The Age of Fable
- Religion & Classical Warfare: The Roman Empire
The names Roma answers to
Dea Roma
Goddess Roma
SourceThe Oxford Companion to World Mythology
Roma Aeterna
Eternal Rome
SourceRoman Mythology
Roma Victrix
Victorious Rome
SourceReligion & Classical Warfare: The Roman Empire
Roma Felix
Fortunate or prosperous Rome
SourceEssential Visual History of World Mythology
Roma Invicta
Unconquered Rome
SourceReligion & Classical Warfare: The Roman Empire
The myths of Roma
1 myth, each traced to its primary text and corpus sources.
Roma and Aeneas
Aeneas married Roma in one tradition about the foundation of Rome. Roma stood beside him as the city took shape. After their marriage, the city received its name from her. The tale joined the naming of Rome to Roma's marriage with Aeneas and placed her within the city's beginning.
Her parentage changed between tellings. In one telling, Italus was her father. In another, Telephus was her father. A third telling named Asopus as her father. These tellings gave Roma different family origins, but they kept her marriage to Aeneas and her connection with the city's name.
Roma's place in the story came through the marriage itself. She did not merely witness the foundation of Rome. She became part of the event that gave the city its name. Aeneas took her as his wife, and the people who followed them gave the new city Roma's name. The name then belonged to the city that arose from the foundation tradition.
The story ended with Roma joined to Aeneas as his wife and Rome named after her. Her family differed according to the telling, while the marriage and the naming of the city remained the same.
In the modern world
No modern rework confirmed yet.
3 sources· checked 2026-08-19
- 1Roman MythologyT1
- 2the ancient sourcesT1
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“Aeneas married Roma, and the city founded by their people was named after her, although accounts differed over whether her father was Italus, Telephus, or Asopus.”
the ancient sources
- 3Greek Myths & TalesT1
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