Gaius, unusually excited, loudly said, "Although we come from all over the Mediterranean, everyone has lived in Italy for many years and should respect the deities of Rome. We should build temples for deities such as Jupiter and Juno!"
"Wrong, completely wrong! Roman deities only favor the Romans and have never shown us mercy, so I do not respect them at all. I revere Isis—the Egyptian goddess of life, and Osiris—the god of agriculture..." Acronis spoke just as excitedly.
"As everyone knows, the Romans revere Greek culture, and even their main deities are learned from Greece. Jupiter is Zeus, Juno is Hera... Greek deities are the most familiar to the people of all Mediterranean city-states. If a temple is to be built in the tribe, it is best to be of Greek deities, so that the vast majority of the tribesmen in the tribe can accept it."
