Elagabalus Sol invictus
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Elagabalus Sol Invictus (den obesegrade solen) var en romersk solgud som introducerades i Rom under den severiska dynastin av den romerska kejsaren Heliogabalus (Elagabalus). Han hade varit överstepräst i sin hemstad inom kulten av guden Elagabal (latin Elagabalus) i Emesa i forntida Syrien. Dyrkan och kulten av Sol invictus fick en central plats i senromerska rikets officiella religion.
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Capitoline she-wolf Musei Capitolini MC1181.jpg
Lupa Capitolina: she-wolf with Romulus and Remus. Bronze, 13th century AD[1] (the twins are a 15th-century addition).
Lupa Capitolina: she-wolf with Romulus and Remus. Bronze, 13th century AD[1] (the twins are a 15th-century addition).
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Uranius Antoninus. 253-254 AD. Æ 32mm (21.42 gm). Struck in year 565 of the Seleukid era or 253/254 AD in Emesa.
Uranius Antoninus. 253-254 AD. Æ 32mm (21.42 gm). Struck in year 565 of the Seleukid era or 253/254 AD in Emesa.
- AYTOK. COYΛΠ. ANTΩNINOC CE., laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; viewed from behind
- EMICΩN KOΛΩN , hexastyle temple containing the conical stone of Elagabal (ornamented with a facing eagle), shaded by two umbrellas; pediment ornamented with crescent; date EΞΦ in the exergue.
BMC Galatia etc. pg. 241, 24; Delbrück, "Uranius of Emesa," NumChron (1948), pg. 12, 2d; Baldus 38-42 (pl. IV, dies I/5).
Uranius Antoninus is unknown from the ancient literary sources, although Zosimus perhaps confuses this usurper with two usurpers he names as Antoninus and Uranius during the reign of Severus Alexander. He established his government at Emesa in Syria, probably in response to repeated Persian attacks rather than as a challenge to Rome. In any event, it appears he was finally subdued when Valerian I marched to recover the East.