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What is Sol : the sun in the art and religions of Rome about?

The prevailing ideas about the Roman sun god require revision. That argues researcher Steven Hijmans, who studied the sun god, Sol. In the past two decades, the views over the Roman sun god Sol has changed. The nineteenth - century idea that the worship of the sun was onromeins has finished. Sun worship is precisely rooted in the earliest Roman traditions and has been continuously present in Rome . Written sources for this are scarce, but material resources are readily available. These are particularly valuable because the material culture had an important communicative role in the highly visually oriented Roman Empire. However, it is not easy to open up. The significance of these sources In Roman imagery example, many performances meanings that do not speak naturally. In the case of Sol shows that conventional types often show no evidence of Sol, or "Sun", but rather gave a presentation on an aura of cosmic stability. These types could also make connections with the rich Roman ideology of a stable world order. It is impossible to list all Sol - related performance groups. Depth analysis in a study After a historical and methodological introduction and a catalog and general discuss

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Steven Ernst Hijmans
Publisher
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Bibliotheek
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9789036739313
Category
nonfiction

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