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Neptune was the #Roman god of freshwater, the sea and also horses - he was also associated with Earthquakes. He was regarded as the brother of Jupiter and Pluto & Salacia, goddess of saltwater was his wife. He had only one temple in Rome, which stood near the Circus Flaminus.

A most important foundation #myth of the origins of Rome is the story of Aeneas, written by Virgil in his 'opus magnum' the ‘Aeneid’.
The hero & founder of #Rome, is the Trojan warrior #Aeneas, son of Venus & Anchises. The Julians traced their ancestry to Aeneas' son, Ascanius.

The first written evidence for the recognition of Christmas as the birthday of Jesus is found in a #Roman list of bishops dated 354AD. For 336AD it reads '25 Dec.: natus Christus in Betleem Judeae.' - December 25th, Christ born in Bethlehem, Judea - see https://t.co/2bGIrAzxtm

The Genius in #Roman religion represent something like the modern concept of a Guardian Angel. Romans believed everyone & everything had a Genius - An attendant spirit - our own god or goddess that is born and dies with each of us.

Happy St Nicholas Day. St Nicholas was born in #Roman Patara, (now in #Turkey) in AD270 & died on 6th December AD343 in Myra (also now in Turkey). He is patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, prostitutes, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, and students.

Discordia was the #Roman personification of discord & strife, equating to the #Greek goddess, Eris. Eris was blamed for starting the Trojan war by causing the judgement of Paris, a story similar to Sleeping Beauty with Eris as a wicked fairy, deploying the Golden Apple of Discord

Aesculapius was the #Roman equivalent of the #Greek God Asclepius, the God of Medicine and health. Asclepius was the son of Apollo & most likely Coronis daughter of Phlegyas and in this beautiful painting The Finding of Aesculapius by Giovanni Tognolli, we see him as a baby.

Allegedly, on 27th October AD312, the day before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, the #Roman Emperor Constantine I saw the Vision of the Cross. There are two versions - in one, the sign comes to Constantine in a dream, in the other he sees a cross of light above the sun.

A beautifully engraved #Roman intaglio in the @GettyMuseum collection. This one shows Antinous, the companion& lover of Hadrian, in profile. Part of the bust, fibula, and drapery have been restored in gold as part of a more modern mount. It dates to AD131-138

One of our favourites - this skilfully engraved #Roman Intaglio (2 × 1.4 × 5 cm) shows Demosthenes, a Greek orator from the 4th Century BC. It is an amethyst & bears the signature of the artist - Dioskourides. Demosthenes was - the Intaglio dates to c25BC, part of @GettyMuseum