Based on selected Roman authors (Catullus, Juvenal, Ovid) and contemporary academic literature, this paper presents the way in which the Romans accepted and experienced the Phrygian fertility goddess and protector of the city, Cybele. This thesis describes who Cybele was as well as her connection to her beloved Attis with whom she was in love. It shows her arrival in Rome from Pesinunt from where she was brought by boat with her black stone where she was worshiped as the Magna Mater, that is, as the Great Mother and as the Mother of all the gods, Magna Mater Deorum. Like all ancient Roman deities, she had her own feast called the Megalensia, which was celebrated throughout an entire week. One peculiarity of the cult of Cybele is that she had two types of priests serving in her honour - Eunuchs and Attis; another is that shrines of Cybele were hidden deep in the forest. How much Cybele was revered throughout the Roman Empire, even though her cult was of Phrygian descent, is seen in the many statues of her and her towering crown, lions, and birds of prey, symbols by which the Romans would recognize her. In addition to her veneration in Rome, we find evidence of Cybele's influence in Croatia.