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<p>[QUOTE="octavius, post: 4724027, member: 100777"]Here are three sestertii of Commodus; The first has Cybele riding on the back of a lion. She was known to the Romans as Magna Mater, protector of Rome. Often she was portrayed as a Vestal, and referred to as "castissima mater" or purest mother. I believe Vergil mentions that she protected the ships leaving Troy for Italy's shore. I have also posted a Roman lamp c. 1st century AD depicting the same scene with Cybele.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157342[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1157343[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1157344[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1157345[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="octavius, post: 4724027, member: 100777"]Here are three sestertii of Commodus; The first has Cybele riding on the back of a lion. She was known to the Romans as Magna Mater, protector of Rome. Often she was portrayed as a Vestal, and referred to as "castissima mater" or purest mother. I believe Vergil mentions that she protected the ships leaving Troy for Italy's shore. I have also posted a Roman lamp c. 1st century AD depicting the same scene with Cybele. [ATTACH=full]1157342[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1157343[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1157344[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1157345[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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