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Poseidon: God of the Sea

The Ancients

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The Importance of Poseidon in Ancient Greek Culture

The Roman Empire was powerful at sea but its extent was quite a lot larger on land than we think of for the Athenian Empire for example. The iconography associated with the god then becomes associated with the leader because that is interesting isn't it when you think of the Romans? I would say he's a fascinating and powerful god and worth studying and worth paying more attention to.

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