Hellenistic practices of domestic worship often included a family or household deity with an altar within the home. British military structures from 1941–1942, including a complex of 17 ...

At home, the paterfamilias – head of the family – performed religious rituals for the household. Beyond the home, gods were worshipped by the state, which employed colleges of highly trained ...

Spirits watched over people, families and households, and the paterfamilias was in charge of the household worship that honored them. Romans also had a set of public gods, such as Jupiter and Mars.