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Jupiter (mythology)
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Jupiter (mythology)
Jupiter
, also
Jove
( ,
gen
.
Iovis
), is the
god of sky
and
thunder
and
king of the gods
in
Ancient Roman religion
and
mythology
. Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman state religion throughout the
Republican
and
Imperial
eras, until
Christianity became the dominant religion of the Empire
. In Roman mythology, he negotiates with
Numa Pompilius
, the second
king of Rome
, to establish principles of Roman religion such as sacrifice.
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