what religion was followed here?
The archaic religion
Roman Empire
The archaic religion believed to have been handed down from the earliest kings of Rome was the foundation of the "mos maiorum", "the way of the ancestors" or "tradition", viewed as central to Roman identity. 
what is ice drilling? A method which allows scientists studying glaciers and ice sheets. what is the former? A persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight where did the term originate? It is a loanword from French and goes back to the Vulgar Latin, derived from the Late Latin where was the first language spoken? Mediterranean region how is the language related to the romans? It was spoken during and after the classical period of the Roman Empire
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Roman Empire [SEP] Religion
Religion in the Roman Empire encompassed the practices and beliefs the Romans regarded as their own, as well as the many cults imported to Rome or practiced by peoples throughout the provinces. The Romans thought of themselves as highly religious, and attributed their success as a world power to their collective piety "(pietas)" in maintaining good relations with the gods "(pax deorum)". The archaic religion believed to have been handed down from the earliest kings of Rome was the foundation of the "mos maiorum", "the way of the ancestors" or "tradition", viewed as central to Roman identity. There was no principle analogous to "separation of church and state".