The ancient Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans named the planet after their gods of war and of death, unaware of the fact that its reddish color was merely evidence of a landscape covered with iron oxide dust.
Senie babilonieši, grieķi un romieši nosauca planētu savu kara un nāves dievu vārdos, nezinādami, ka tās sarkanīgo krāsu rada tikai dzelzs oksīdu putekļi, kas klāj planētas virsmu.