When the people of Rome adopted Greek traditions the characterization and mythology of the sea god remained virtually unchanged.

Roman name for neptune. Picture of Neptune used for advertising in 1866. For instance there is the well-known Greek myth of the Titanomachy in which Zeus and his siblings seize power by overthrowing their father Cronus and the Titans. Like Poseidon Neptune was also worshipped by the Romans as a god of horses under the name Neptunus Equester a patron of horse-racing.

Over time a few crucial Greek deities were translated almost directly into the Roman religion. For Greeks he was a major civic god and was highly respected for being the god of the sea and earthquakes. Neptune Latin Neptunus in Roman religion originally the god of fresh water.

His female counterpart Salacia was perhaps originally a goddess of leaping springwater subsequently equated. He may have arisen as a sky god casting lightning bolts instead of his throwing his trident. Neptune is known as the Roman god of the Sea.

The use of a mythological name for the planet gained support because all other planets except Earth had been named after Roman and Greek gods. The planet Neptune was named after the Roman god as its deep blue gas clouds gave the early astronomers the impression of great oceans and seas. His Roman equivalent is Neptune.

He was the brother of Jupiter Zeus and of Pluto Hades. Neptune a blueish planet was named after the Roman god of the sea. Many believe the gods to be identical the Romans as they did with other Greek gods simply changed the name.

Poseidon is the Ancient Greek god of the ocean and freshwater. Other languages typically use a variant of name Neptune. Neptune was the name that ancient Romans gave to the Greek god of the sea and earthquakes Poseidon.