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Sol

Roman god of the Sun

EntityRoman deity solar deityQ1199937

Instance of: Roman deity
, solar deity

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Sol is the personification of the Sun and a god in ancient Roman religion. It was long thought that Rome actually had two different, consecutive sun gods: The first, Sol Indiges, was thought to have been unimportant, disappearing altogether at an early period. Only in the late Roman Empire, scholars argued, did the solar cult re-appear with the arrival in Rome of the Syrian Sol Invictus, perhaps under the influence of the Mithraic mysteries. Publications from the mid-1990s have challenged the notion of two different sun gods in Rome, pointing to the abundant evidence for the continuity of the cult of Sol, and the lack of any clear differentiation – either in name or depiction – between the "early" and "late" Roman sun god.

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Said to be the same as: Helios
Sun
Sol Invictus
Apollo
Surya
Hvare-khshaeta
Zun
Sex or gender: male
Sibling: Aurora
Luna
Worshipped by: ancient Roman religion

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