As their empire grew, the Romans accepted new deities that they encountered as different manifestations of gods they already knew. Rather than eliminating foreign cults, the Roman conquerors accepted and adopted them.
कृत्ये १३: ६, ७) लुस्त्रातील लोकांना पौल व बर्णबा हे जूस व हर्मीस नावाचे ग्रीक देव असल्याचे वाटले.