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In Roman religion, the genius (Latin: [ˈɡɛnɪ.ʊs]; pl.: genii) is the individual instance of a general divine nature that is present in every individual person, place, or thing. [1] Much like a guardian angel , the genius would follow each man from the hour of his birth until the day he died. [ 2 ]
Classical historians Tacitus, Livy, Pliny, Herodotus, and Cassius Dio wrote of impossible births as prodigies. Josephus' description of the sky chariots has less in common with Elijah's chariot of fire than with the numerous Roman descriptions of armies in the clouds, such as Livy's account of an aerial army during the Cimbrian War. [9]
Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans, and is a form of Roman folklore. "Roman mythology" may also refer to the modern study of these representations, and to the subject matter as represented in the literature and art of other cultures in any period.
The youngest person found commemorated on a Roman tombstone by name was a male infant nine days old (or 10 days in Roman inclusive counting). [156] Because of the rate of infant mortality , perhaps as high as 40 percent, [ 157 ] the newborn in its first few days of life was held as in a liminal phase, vulnerable to malignant forces (see List of ...
Roman statue of the infant Hercules strangling a snake. Hercules, god of strength, whose worship was derived from the Greek hero Heracles but took on a distinctly Roman character. Hermaphroditus, an androgynous Greek god whose mythology was imported into Latin literature. Honos, a divine personification of honor. Hora, the wife of Quirinus.
Some are named in Roman myth and history and some are of unknown date. The 1st-century BC author Varro, names the first four, probably legendary Vestals as Gegania, Veneneia, Canuleia, and Tarpeia. Varro and others also portray Tarpeia, daughter of Spurius Tarpeius in the Sabine-Roman war, as a treasonous Vestal Virgin. Most Vestals named in ...
During days of public prayer, Roman men, women, and children traveled in procession to religious sites around the city praying for divine aid. Supplications might also be ordered in response to prodigies ( prodigia ) ; participants wore wreaths, carried laurel twigs, and attended sacrifices at temple precincts throughout the city.
Artistic interpretation of the Gauls approaching Rome by Evariste-Vital Luminous. Aius Locutius (Latin: āius locūtius, spoken affirmation), or Aius Loquens (Latin: āius loquens, speaking affirmation), was a Roman deity or numen associated with the Gallic invasions of Rome during the early 4th century BC.