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Aurelian and the cult of Sun (1)

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12 Assyrian Identity




01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery




01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery




Keywords
sun
temples
Period
3rd century CE
6th century CE
Byzantine Empire
Roman Empire
Channel
Byzantine philosophers and scholars
Roman philosophers and scholars


Text
Historia Augusta, Aurelian 31.7-9:
(Aurelian:) “Now as to the Temple of the Sun at Palmyra, which has been pillaged by the eagle bearers of the Third Legion, aling with the standard-bearers, the dragon-bearer and the buglers and trumpeters, I wish it restored to the condition in which it formerly was. You have 300 pounds of gold from Zenobia’s coffers, you have 1800 pounds of silver from the property of the Palmyrenes, and you have the royal jewels. Use all these to embellish the temple; thus both to me and to the immortal gods you will do a most pleasant service.

Zosimus, Historia Nova 1.61.2:
… and he (= Aurelian) built there (in Rome) the temple of the Sun and he decorated it magnificently with sacred objects from Palmyra and he installed (in that temple) the statues of Sun and of Bel.


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Historia Augusta, Aurelian 31.7-9
Zosimus, Historia Nova 1.61.2

Bibliography

Kaizer 2002, 155Kaizer, Ted. The Religious Life of Palmyra. A Study of the Social Patterns of Worship in the Roman Period. Oriens et occidens 4. Stuttgart: Steiner 2002.

Amar Annus


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