A very famous western historian writes: The Roman religion was not what we see today. Their religion had not given them any commandment; there was no scope of reformation of social evils in it and it only told them how to please their gods.

A larger number of Roman gods had unusually great powers because each of them was attached to some part of life and did some appointed deeds. there not only was a god for the entrance to the house there was one each for the place where they took off their shoes and one for the parapet near the door. Every member of the household had one god for every work like one god taught to the infant to speak his first words, one taught him how to eat, one explained how he should leave his house and taught him how to come back to it. There was a god who taught how to plough the land and one to teach him how to make rows for flowers and vegetables, a third god taught him how to sow the seeds and there were others for different work. One should not be surprised that Romans had thousands of gods. One elder of the society once remarked as a jest that, “Our temples contain more god than our own population” (1)

1. The History by Alber Mala “History of Rome Vol. 1 page 29-30