what is jupiter the god of

Jupiter, also known as Jove, is the god of the sky and thunder, and king of the gods in ancient Roman religion and mythology). He was the chief deity of Roman state religion throughout the Republican and Imperial eras, until Christianity became the dominant religion of the Empire). Jupiter was the son of Saturn, the god of agriculture, and Ops, the goddess of wealth and abundance. He had five other siblings who were Neptune (god of the sea), Pluto (ruler of the underworld), Vesta (goddess of the hearth), Juno (goddess of fertility), and Ceres (goddess of agriculture). Jupiter was married to his sister, Juno, the Roman goddess of fertility, and patron goddess to all of ancient Rome. Jupiter was also a god of rain and was thus worshipped in connection with agriculture as the god who caused crops to grow. He was also concerned with oaths, treaties, and leagues, and it was in the presence of his priest that the most ancient and sacred form of marriage took place.