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Quirinus, Sabine god identified with Mars; Romulus, the founder of Rome, was deified as Quirinus after his death. Quirinus was a war god and a god of the Roman people and state, and was assigned a flamen maior; he was one of the Archaic Triad gods. Quiritis, goddess of motherhood. Originally Sabine or pre-Roman, she was later equated with Juno.
From Roman Egypt by obelisk ship [8] 1st–2nd c. Temple of Jupiter [5] Baalbek, Roman Lebanon: Column drum, lower 48.5: 1st–2nd c. Temple of Jupiter [5] Baalbek, Roman Lebanon: Architrave-frieze block, central 63: Lifted by cranes to height of 19 m [10] 1st–2nd c. Temple of Jupiter [5] Baalbek, Roman Lebanon: Cornice block, corner 108
Subigus is the god (deus) who causes the bride to give in to her husband. [20] The name derives from the verb subigo, subigere, "to cause to go under; tame, subdue," used of the active role in sexual intercourse, hence "cause to submit sexually". [21] Prema is the insistent sex act, from the verb primo, primere, to press upon.
The Dii Consentes, also known as Di or Dei Consentes (once Dii Complices [1]), or The Harmonious Gods, is an ancient list of twelve major deities, six gods and six goddesses, in the pantheon of Ancient Rome. Their gilt statues stood in the Roman Forum, and later apparently in the Porticus Deorum Consentium. [2]
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The nominative form, and therefore the name of the god, would be Viridius or Viridios. Because of the Latin word viridis ('green', 'fresh', 'vigorous'), the simplest etymology proposed is that the god's name derives from this root word and refers to a local, tribal Roman god possessing these characteristics.
The majority were dismantled during the Roman period over 1,700 years ago and the obelisks were sent to different locations. [ citation needed ] The largest standing and tallest Egyptian obelisk is the Lateran Obelisk in the square at the west side of the Lateran Basilica in Rome at 105.6 feet (32.2 m) tall and a weight of 455 metric tons (502 ...
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