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Felix dies natalis Sol Invicti! Hail to the Unconquered Sun!Today, December 25, marks the Roman fest
honorthegods:Triclinium, circa 80 BCE, Archaeological State Collection, Munich, Germany. Floor mosa
archaicwonder:Roman Sol Invictus Mount, 3rd-4th Century ADSol Invictus (Unconquered Sun) was the off
Silver leaf disc dedicated to the sun-god Sol. Sol is crowned with rays, and two horses appear behin
Lake Michigan Sunrise Source: X You have returned O Sun, as I knew you would For this is your part i
Sol driving quadriga, Roman mosaic, c. 225 AD. Musee du Vieil Orbe, Orbe, SwitzerlandDies Natalis So
Mithras, identified by the inscription with Sol Invictus (“Unconquered Sun”), slays a bu
Saturnalia is an ancient Roman religious festival honoring the agricultural god Saturn. The first Sa
Dies Natalis Solis Invicti by tobemarx
mizstorge: Detail of the Roman Sonnengott und Tierkreiszeichen Mosaik (Sun God and Zodiac Mosaic), m
c12h8cl6:‘Tis the second night of #Saturnalia in preparation for #diesnatalisSolisinvicti. Io
honorthegods:Sol Invictus, the Unconquered Sun, surrounded by the signs of the zodiac 6th century CE
Bronze bust of Cybele (Magna Mater) with two cornucopiae. Unknown Gallo-Roman artist, 1st cent. CE.
Sol-Helios. Roman Imperial, 2nd / 3rd cent. AD. Bronze hollow cast, H 31 cm. From the Shlomo Moussai
honorthegods:Dies Natalis Solis Invicti by tobemarx
Estandarts Militars Romans a Tarraco Viva. Photograph by CristinaThe Roman Legions celebrated the Ro
Roman Widow (Ds Manibus) by Dante Gabriel Rosetti, 1874. Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico.
chalkrevelations:honorthegods:Fortuna by Alisa Didkovskaya-Petrosyuk, circa 2005.Fortunalia today! R
Fortuna from the Lamian Gardens. Roman, 1st century C.E. Capitoline Museum.Today is the festival of
Fortuna by Henri Gascar, circa 1670
victoriousvocabulary:ROTA FORTUNAE[noun]also known as the Wheel of Fortune - a concept in mediaeval
Acrolitihic statue of Fortuna Huiusce diei, Sacra Largo di Torre Argentina, Rome. Photo source: X To
Colonna-Barberini Palace/Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina (Praeneste), Italy. 2nd century
Aureus of the Emperor Vespasian (r. 69-79 CE), with his portrait on the obverse, and the goddess For
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