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  2. Sol (Roman mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Sol is the personification of the Sun and a god in ancient Roman religion.It was long thought that Rome actually had two different, consecutive sun gods: The first, Sol Indiges (Latin: the deified sun), was thought to have been unimportant, disappearing altogether at an early period.

  3. Sol Invictus - Wikipedia

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    Sol Invictus (Classical Latin: [ˈsoːɫ ɪnˈwɪktʊs], "Invincible Sun" or "Unconquered Sun") was the official sun god of the late Roman Empire and a later version of the god Sol. The emperor Aurelian revived his cult in 274 AD and promoted Sol Invictus as the chief god of the empire.

  4. List of solar deities - Wikipedia

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    Init-init: the Itneg god of the Sun married to the mortal Aponibolinayen; during the day, he leaves his house to shine light on the world [7] Chal-chal: the Bontok god of the Sun whose son's head was cut off by Kabigat; [8] aided the god Lumawig in finding a spouse [9] Mapatar: the Ifugao sun deity of the sky in charge of daylight [10]

  5. Germanic paganism - Wikipedia

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    The Roman authors Julius Caesar and Tacitus both use Roman names to describe foreign gods, but whereas Caesar claims the Germani worshiped no individual gods but only natural phenomena such as the sun, moon, and fire, Tacitus mentions a number of deities, saying that the most worshiped god is Mercury, followed by Hercules, and Mars; [158] he ...

  6. Caesarion - Wikipedia

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    Ptolemy Caesar was born in Egypt in mid to late 47 BC. [5] [6] His mother Cleopatra gave him the royal names Theos Philopator Philometor [c] (lit. 'father-loving, mother-loving God') and insisted that he was the son of Roman politician and dictator Julius Caesar. [7]

  7. Elagabalus - Wikipedia

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    The god was later imported to Rome and assimilated with the sun god known as Sol Indiges in the era of the Roman Republic and as Sol Invictus during the late third century. [29] In Greek, the sun god is Helios, hence Elagabal was later known as "Heliogabalus", a hybrid of "Helios" and "Elagabalus". [30]

  8. Roman imperial cult - Wikipedia

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    Statues were set up to "Caesar's Liberty", and to Caesar himself, as "unconquered god." [ 37 ] He was accorded a house at public expense which was built like a temple; his image was paraded with those of the gods; [ 38 ] his portrait was put on the coins (the first time a living man had appeared on Roman coinage).

  9. Julius Caesar - Wikipedia

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    Gaius Julius Caesar [a] (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and subsequently became dictator from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC.