... Sol Invictus Although more informative than expected, ¹ the sources do not allow us to precisely know the appearance of the Colossus. It is therefore valuable to explore how our image of the statue was formed and how archaeologists have come to identify ‘copies’ of the bronze cast...

... Salvation for Mithraism Sacrifice Animal Fate Imperial Cult Lucius Hannibal Sibylline Books Aurelian Julian the Apostate Septimius Severus Sol Sol Invictus Nock A D Turcan Robert Alexander Severus Caracalla Constitutio Antoniniana Decius Diocletian Fowden Garth Augustine Neoplatonism...