Scientists Make a Big Breakthrough on How Mars Got Its Red Color, Findings Indicate It Had Life-Forming Elements Mars's red color has always fascinated aficionados. The planet was named after a Roman ...

The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction. Billions of years ...

making her the divine mother of the Roman people. Similarly, Mars was the father of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. Aeneas and Romulus themselves were believed to have been made gods ...

Archaeologists in France have discovered dozens of Roman-era graves of men who were buried with "curse tablets," at least one of which was written in an extinct language. Excavations underneath an ...

ANITA: What other Roman gods were there? MUM: The Romans had HUNDREDS of gods. The soldiers want to fight well? Pray to the god of war, Mars. Travelling at night, through the country side and ...

We get the name of the third month of the year – March, from the Latin word, Marticus. Marticus was named after Mars, the Roman god of war.Being unsure of the reason that March had been the first ...

Hall named them after the sons of Ares, the Roman god of war and the counterpart to the Greek god Mars.

March is named for Mars, the Roman god of war, because spring was the time of year that military battles resumed after the winter. ◼️ Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday, is the ...