Roman · God or goddess · Certain
Saturn
Saturn, the Roman deity associated with sowing, agriculture, stored abundance, and the remembered Golden Age. This identity is distinct from the planet of the same name.
Profile research status
This stable record is still in evidence review. Its current identity, cultural scope, image, and direct source records are available here; a complete history, myth, worship, iconography, relationship, and reception profile is not yet claimed.
Direct connections and evidence
Explicit Source
Cicero identifies Roman Saturn with Greek Cronus
Historical interpretatio and philosophical reception; the two canonical divine identities remain separate.
1 attestation · high confidence
- Marcus Tullius Cicero; translated by H. Rackham, De Natura DeorumCicero, De Natura Deorum, translated by H. Rackham, Loeb Classical Library 268, 1933 · LacusCurtius, University of Chicago web domain · Roman Republican period · Rome · Book 2 · Section 64
Archive scope and classification
- Figure classification
- God or goddess · certain
- Pantheon or tradition shelf
- Roman
- Cultures
- Roman
- Traditions
- Ancient Roman religion
- Periods
- Unspecified
- Places
- Unspecified
The Roman divine identity and name collision are established; full source-backed profile and relationship extraction remain pending.
Reviewed sources
- Marcus Tullius Cicero; translated by H. Rackham, De Natura Deorum (1933)Loeb Classical Library 268, 1933; LacusCurtius transcription · LacusCurtius, University of Chicago web domain