Die absorbering van aangrensende gebiede se plaaslike gode het plaasgevind soos die Romeinse staat die omliggende gebiede verower het. Die Romeine het oor die algemeen die plaaslike gode van die verowerde gebiede dieselfde eer gegee as die vroeë gode was besonders deur die Romeinse staat beskou was. In baie gevalle was die nuwe gode formeel uitgenodig om hulself tuis te maak in nuwe heiligdomme in Rome. Die groei en uitbreiding van die stad het ook buitelanders gelok, wat toegelaat was ok hulle eie gode te aanbid sodra hulle eers in Rome was. [[Mithras]] het op hierdie na Rome gekom en sy gewildheid onder die Romeinse legioene het sy kult tot so vêr as Brittanje versprei. Die belangrikste Romeinse gode was naderhand met die meer menslike Griekse gode en godinne geïdentifiseer en het baie van hulle eienskappe en mites aangeneem.
Die absorbering van aangrensende gebiede se plaaslike gode het plaasgevind soos die Romeinse staat die omliggende gebiede verower het.
<!--- The Romans commonly granted the local gods of the conquered territory the same honors as the earlier gods who had been regarded as peculiar to the Roman state. In many instances the newly acquired deities were formally invited to take up their abode in new sanctuaries at Rome. In [[203 BC]], the cult object embodying [[Cybele]] was removed from Phrygian Pessinos and ceremoniously welcomed to Rome. Moreover, the growth of the city attracted foreigners, who were allowed to continue the worship of their own gods. In this way [[Mithras]] came to Rome and his popularity in the legions spread his cult as far afield as Britain. In addition to [[Castor and Pollux]], the conquered settlements in [[Italy]] seem to have contributed to the Roman pantheon Diana, Minerva, Hercules, Venus, and other deities of lesser rank, some of whom were Italic divinities, others originally derived from the Greek culture of [[Magna Graecia]]. The important Roman deities were eventually identified with the more [[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] Greek gods and goddesses, and assumed many of their attributes and myths.--->
