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Rath: Epithet of Śuri, Etruscan deity identified with Apollo. Tarquinia was his sanctuary. [40] Satre: Etruscan deity, source of, or derived from, the Roman god Saturn. [40] Selvans: God who appears in the expression Selvansl Tularias, "Selvans of the boundaries", which identifies him as a god of boundaries. But also Selvans Calusta (see Calus ...
The Janus (two headed) figure is the Boa largest of the Boa sculptures, and is regarded as one of Ireland's most enigmatic and remarkable stone figures. [4] [10] It is thought to represent a Celtic deity and could represent a Celtic goddess as readily as a god, especially given the name of the island. In Celtic mythology, heads were given great ...
Reverse of a denarius (89 BCE) depicting the torture of Tarpeia Reverse of a denarius (19-18 BCE) of Augustus showing Tarpeia crushed by the soldiers' shields. In Roman legend, Tarpeia (/ t ɑːr ˈ p iː ə /; mid-8th century BCE), daughter of the Roman commander Spurius Tarpeius, was a Vestal Virgin who betrayed the city of Rome to the Sabines at the time of their women's abduction for what ...
Janus, played by Gildart Jackson (season 1) – An Ancient scientist who lived during the first siege of Atlantis by the Wraith 10,000 years ago. He is named for Janus , the two-faced Roman god that represented time and change.
The rape of the Sabine women (Latin: Sabinae raptae, Classical pronunciation: [saˈbiːnae̯ ˈraptae̯]; lit. ' the kidnapped Sabine women '), also known as the abduction of the Sabine women or the kidnapping of the Sabine women, was an incident in the legendary history of Rome in which the men of Rome committed a mass abduction of young women from the other cities in the region.
Fontus was the son of Juturna and Janus. [2] Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome, was supposed to have been buried near the altar of Fontus (ara Fontis) on the Janiculum. [3] William Warde Fowler observed that between 259 and 241 BC, cults were founded for Juturna, Fons, and the Tempestates, all having to do with sources of water. [4]
The Temple of Janus stood in the Roman Forum near the Basilica Aemilia, along the Argiletum. It was a small temple with a statue of Janus , the two-faced god of boundaries and beginnings inside. Its doors were known as the "Gates of Janus", which were closed in times of peace and opened in times of war.
Samantha Zoe Womack [2] (née Janus; born 2 November 1972) is an English actress, singer, model and director who has worked in film, television and stage. Womack initially planned a career in singing and she represented the United Kingdom in the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest .