Sol Invictus
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sol-invictus-161-284189
title:
Sol Invictus
text:
Sol Invictus 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 AD 274 and promoted Sol Invictus as the chief god of the empire. From Aurelian onward, Sol Invictus often appeared on imperial coinage, usually shown wearing a sun crown and driving a horse-drawn chariot through the sky. His prominence lasted until the emperor Constantine I legalized Christianity and restricted paganism. The last known inscription referring
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Late Roman solar deity
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Invictus
date created:
2004-11-27T13:09:42Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T06:55:01Z
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