Sol Invictus
Sol Invictus is a Roman sun god depicted riding a quadriga. He is associated with the sun and victory.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 400
- Historical notes
- Popular in the Roman Empire during the 3rd and 4th centuries CE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Moon, Horus the Child, Elagabal, Sol Indiges, Sol Elagablus, Apollo-Helios, Sol verus, Sol Justitiae, Libertas, Marianne, Dutch Maiden, Leo Belgicus, sun deity, Ra, Isis, Serapis, Harpocrates, Malakbel, Apollo, Luna, Mars, Jupiter, Hercules, Silvanus, Helios, Sūrya, Árvakr, Alsviðr, Fortuna
- syncretized with
- Sun
- allied with
- Mithra
- aspect of
- Sol
Mentioned by
- sun deity
- Ra
- Isis
- Serapis
- Harpocrates
- Malakbel
- Apollo
- Luna
- Mars
- Jupiter
- Hercules
- Silvanus
- Helios
- Sūrya
- Árvakr
- Alsviðr
and 1 more
Sources
Source passages
“Sol Invictus depicted riding a quadriga on the reverse of a Roman coin.”
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“The Illyrian Roman emperor Aurelian, whose mother was a priestess of the Sun, promoted the Sun – Sol Invictus – as the chief god of the Roman Empire. Among the Illyrians of early Albania the Sun was a widespread symbol.”
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“Another solar cult, not directly connected with Harpocrates, was that of Sol Invictus "the Unconquered Sun".”
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“The banquet scene features Mithras and Sol Invictus banqueting on the hide of the slaughtered bull.”
#16893 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Sol Invictus (English translated as "Unconquered Sun") was long thought to have been a foreign state-supported sun god introduced from either Emesa or Palmyra in Syria by the emperor Aurelian in 274 and overshadowing other Eastern cults in importance, until the abolition of classical Roman religion under Theodosius I”
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