entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_ROM_APOLLO,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,"DND 2.68 (Apollo = sun in Stoic allegory; the ""many-named"" Apollo); 3.57-59. Extensive philosophical treatment."
ENT_ROM_BACCHUS,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,"DND 2.62; 3.58. Cicero cites multiple versions of Bacchus/Dionysus, noting their theological confusion."
ENT_ROM_CERES,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,"DND 2.67 (Ceres as grain, from gerere); Cicero gives the Stoic etymology Ceres < gero."
ENT_ROM_DIANA,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 2.68-69 (Diana/Luna as moon goddess); 3.58. Documents moon-goddess identification.
ENT_ROM_FIDES,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,"Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.61: Fides among the deified virtues with a public cult."
ENT_ROM_GENIUS,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 2.45 (genius as the divine creative force in every individual; Stoic treatment). Primary philosophical source for the Roman genius concept.
ENT_ROM_JANUS,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 2.67 (Janus = ianus/doorway; Cicero's systematic analysis of Janus as a uniquely Roman deity without Greek parallel).
ENT_ROM_JUNO,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 2.66 (Juno as personification of air in Stoic allegory); 3.62. Cicero documents both mythological and allegorical interpretations of Juno.
ENT_ROM_JUPITER,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 2.64-66 (Stoic account: Jupiter as universal providence); 3.53-60 (Epicurean/Academic critiques). Most systematic ancient account of Jupiter's theological function.
ENT_ROM_LARES,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 3.39-42 (Cotta's critique of the proliferation of gods including Lares). Attests the philosophical debate about Roman household deities.
ENT_ROM_MANES,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 3.39 (Manes / di Inferi as a theological category debated). Primary philosophical source for Manes theology.
ENT_ROM_MARS,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 2.67 (Mars as war); 3.62. Cicero documents both the cult function and the Stoic allegorical interpretation of Mars.
ENT_ROM_MERCURY,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 2.62 (Mercury as reason/speech in Stoic allegory). Key for Mercury's philosophical reception.
ENT_ROM_MINERVA,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 2.22 (Minerva/Athena's birth from Jupiter's head); 3.59 (Academic). Documents the Roman reception of Greek Athena mythology.
ENT_ROM_NEPTUNE,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 2.66 (Neptune as personification of the sea in Stoic interpretation); systematic philosophical treatment.
ENT_ROM_PENATES,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 3.39 (Penates as a category; Cotta's critique). Attests theological classification of the Penates.
ENT_ROM_PLUTO,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 2.66 (Pluto/Dis as ruler of the earth and underworld in Stoic interpretation).
ENT_ROM_PROSERPINA,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 2.66 (Proserpina as grain seed that descends into the earth — Stoic allegory of agriculture).
ENT_ROM_QUIRINUS,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 2.62 (Quirinus = Romulus deified; Cicero cites Proculus Julius). Documents the apotheosis tradition.
ENT_ROM_SATURN,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,"DND 2.64 (Saturn = time in Stoic allegory, from satus/saturation). Documents Stoic allegorization of Saturn."
ENT_ROM_SPES,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,"Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.61: Spes (Hope) among the deified virtues; her temple in the Forum Holitorium."
ENT_ROM_VENUS,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 2.69 (Venus as desire/generation in Stoic allegory); 3.62 (Academic critique of Venus myths). Systematic philosophical treatment.
ENT_ROM_VESTA,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 2.67 (Vesta = fire of the hearth; Stoic element allegory). Key for Roman hearth-fire theology.
ENT_ROM_VULCAN,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 2.67 (Vulcan = fire/forge in Stoic allegory). Documents allegorical Roman theology.