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Mars Corotiacus is an equestrian Mars attested only on a votive from Martlesham in Suffolk. [168] A bronze statuette depicts him as a cavalryman, armed and riding a horse which tramples a prostrate enemy beneath its hooves. [169] Mars Lenus, or more often Lenus Mars, had a major healing cult at the capital of the Treveri (present-day Trier).
Flora (Latin: Flōra) is a Roman goddess of flowers and spring. [1] She was one of the twelve deities of traditional Roman religion who had their own flamen, the Floralis, one of the flamines minores. Her association with spring gave her particular importance at the coming of springtime, as did her role as goddess of youth. [2]
The Floralia was a festival of ancient Roman religion in honor of the goddess Flora, held on 27 April during the Republican era, or 28 April in the Julian calendar. The festival included Ludi Florae, the "Games of Flora", which lasted for six days under the empire. [3] The festival had a licentious, pleasure-seeking atmosphere.
The Triumph of Flora (French: Le Triomphe de Flore) is an oil painting by Nicolas Poussin, dated to about 1627 or 1628, which is now in the Louvre in Paris. [ 1 ] The nymph Chloris , honoured by the Greeks; and afterwards by the Romans as Flora , the goddess of flowers and gardens, was a natural subject for Poussin, who was a great admirer of ...
She is a Roman goddess of flowers and spring – a symbol for nature and flowers (especially the may-flower). While she was otherwise a relatively minor figure in Roman mythology, being one among several fertility goddesses, her association with the spring gave her particular importance at the coming of springtime, as did her role as goddess of ...
Deities associated with the planet Mars. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. A. Ares (7 C, 14 P) M. Mars (mythology) (3 C ...
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A flamen (plural flamines) [1] was a priest of the ancient Roman religion who was assigned to one of fifteen deities with official cults during the Roman Republic.The most important of these were the three flamines maiores (or "major priests"), who served the important Roman gods Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus.