Mars: Mars would be invoked both in the Carmen Arvale and in Cato's prayer as the guardian - the armed protector - of the fields and the harvest. He is definitely not presented as a deity of agricultural plenty and fertility.

It is also noteworthy that according to tradition Romulus established the double role and duties, civil and military, of the Roman citizen. In this way the relationship between Mars and Quirinus became a dialectic one, since Romans