Ancient romans believed in many gods. They were like the ancient greeks because they both have many gods that mean many different things. For example if you were competing in a sport then you would pray for the god of sports or your activity that the person is doing. every family or person has a god. They had a spirit to protect the family. A group of gods is called Pantheon. A god is latin and greek. Greek gods influenced on how people of Rome lived because they prayed to the gods.