02. How did Mars get its name? (A K2S Question)

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The Romans named Mars after the god of war, also known to the Greeks as Ares. Before then, the ancient Babylonians knew the planet as Nergal, and the Egyptians knew the planet as Her Deschel or simply the Red One.

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