Roman polytheistic reconstructionism, also known as Cultus Deorum Romanorum (Latin for Worship of the Roman Gods), Religio Romana (Latin for Roman Religion) or Romano-Italic Tradition, is the contemporary movement which reconstructs

Polytheistic reconstructionism

Polytheistic reconstructionism is an approach to Neopaganism first emerging in the late 1960s to early 1970s, and gathering momentum in the 1990s to 2000s...

 or revives the traditional Roman

Religion in ancient Rome

Religion in ancient Rome encompassed the religious beliefs and cult practices regarded by the Romans as indigenous and central to their identity as a people, as well as the various and many cults imported from other peoples brought under Roman rule. Romans thus offered cult to innumerable deities...

 and Italic religious cults.

Practices

Roman polytheistic reconstructionism is a revived religion and way of life, revolving around the worship of the Roman gods (in order to keep alive or reestablish the Pax Deorum Hominumque, the balance between men and gods and the order of the cosmos) and the veneration of ancestors, and embracing the traditional Roman value

Value

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s and virtue

Virtue

Virtue is moral excellence. A virtue is a positive trait or quality subjectively deemed to be morally excellent and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being....

s of the Mos Maiorum

Mos maiorum

The mos maiorum is the unwritten code from which the ancient Romans derived their social norms. It is the core concept of Roman traditionalism, distinguished from but in dynamic complement to written law. The mos maiorum The mos maiorum ("ancestral custom") is the unwritten code from which the...

.

Numinism

Numinism is a relatively new Neo-Roman form of Roman reconstructionism which has been around since the mid 1990s. Numinists view Vertumnus

Vertumnus

In Roman mythology, Vertumnus — also Vortumnus or Vertimnus — is the god of seasons, change and plant growth, as well as gardens and fruit trees...

 and Pomona

Pomona

Pomona was a goddess of fruitful abundance in ancient Roman religion and myth. Her name comes from the Latin word pomum, "fruit," specifically orchard fruit. She was said to be a wood nymph and a part of the Numia, guardian spirits who watch over people, places, or homes...

 as their head god and goddess and is much more eclectic

Eclectic

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 than Nova Roma

Nova Roma

Nova Roma is an international Roman revivalist and reconstructionist organization created in 1998 by Joseph Bloch and William Bradford, later incorporated in Maine as a non-profit organization with an educational and religious mission...

 and focuses on the older Roman religion. Most of it's adherents are solitary practitioners.

Groups

The most active followers of this religious practices can be found in Italy.

Some examples of long established Roman movements from Italy, and elsewhere:

• Nova Roma
  Nova Roma
  Nova Roma is an international Roman revivalist and reconstructionist organization created in 1998 by Joseph Bloch and William Bradford, later incorporated in Maine as a non-profit organization with an educational and religious mission...
  
  
• Roman Traditional Movement (Italian)
• Pietas Traditional Association (Italian)
• Romania Quirites Association (Italian)
• Ignis Cultural Association (Italian)
• Cultus Deorum Romanorum - Blog - Meetup (International)
• Romano-Hispanic Cultus Deorum - Blog - De Novi Ethici (Spain)
• Sarmatia - Romano-Slavic Cultus Deorum (Ukraine)
• Sodalitas Pro Diis - Society which aim is organise the construction of temples for Roman worship.
• Mos Maiorum Foundation