Saturn (mythology) facts for kids

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Rubens saturn
A painting of Saturn by Rubens

Saturn (Latin: Saturnus) was a Roman god of agriculture and harvest. He is the Roman form of the Greek titan Kronos. He was the father of Ceres, Jupiter, Veritas and others. The day Saturday and planet Saturn are named after the Roman god.

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  • Arch of SeptimiusSeverus

    Ruins of the Temple of Saturn (eight columns to the far right) in February 2010, with three columns from the Temple of Vespasian and Titus (left) and the Arch of Septimius Severus (center)

  • Throne of Saturn Louvre Ma1662

    Relief held by the Louvre thought to depict the veiled throne of Saturn, either a Roman work of the 1st century AD or a Renaissance copy

  • Porta Maggiore Alatri

    Alatri's main gate of the cyclopical walls

  • Lucius Appuleius Saturninus

    Saturn driving a quadriga on the reverse of a denarius issued by Saturninus


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