–The Right Face to Percy Jackson about Annabeth's choice, in The Battle of the Labyrinth Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Battle of the Labyrinth “īut for now it's Annabeth's turn.

Given his roles as the Guardian of Gates, his role as the God of Beginnings and the esteem of having the first month of the year in his honor, it is apparent that Janus played a significant role in Roman myth and religion. Janus was well-respected and highly regarded as a god by the Romans, and so his dual-faced image could be found on many things ranging from city gates and Roman coins. He also had a temple on the Forum Olitorium, and in the first century, another temple was built on the Forum of Nerva.

After his death, he was defied and became the protector of Rome. He introduced money, cultivation of fields, and law. Janus, as the first king of Latium, brought the people a time of peace and welfare The Golden Age. They married and had several children, among which the river god Tiberinus (after whom the river Tiber was named). One tradition states that he came from Thessaly and that he was welcomed by Camese in Latium, where they shared a kingdom. Some others tell how he changed a nymph Carna into Cardea, Roman Goddess of Hinges. In gratitude, Saturn gave him the power to see the past as well as the future. He, with very much hospitality, took care of him for quite some time. Other myths suggest how once Janus helped Saturn, who was expelled from the heaven by Jupiter.

The doors were closed in ceremony when peace was concluded.

In honor of this, the doors of a roofless structure called 'The Janus' (not to be confused with a temple) were kept open during war after a symbolic contingent of soldiers had marched through it. Later on, however, the Sabines and Romans agreed to create a civilization together. This resulted in the forces of Tatius, a Sabine king of Cures, being buried alive in the deathly hot water and ash mixture of the rushing hot volcanic spring that ended lives and burned and/or disfigured many soldiers of Tatius. When Romulus, the founder of Rome, kidnapped the Sabine women, Janus caused a volcanic hot spring to erupt. Janus has appeared in mythology since the start of Roman civilization. 3.2.1 Percy Jackson and the Staff of Hermes.

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