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Venus was the #Roman goddess of love, beauty and desire. She was the mother of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy & fled to Italy & Julius Caesar claimed her as his ancestor. She has lived on into the modern world as a symbol of love & beauty

The 22nd or 24th January AD41 was a day of #Roman drama - The Emperor Caligula was stabbed to death in the cryptoporticus beneath the imperial palaces. He was 28 and had reigned for 3 years & 10 months. Members of the Praetorian Guard led by Cassius Chaerea murdered the emperor.

Proserpina, was Queen of the Dead & the #Roman equivalent of the #Greek Persephone. She was introduced to Rome along with her mother Ceres, to provide divine support in the war against Carthage - her rape & abduction into the underworld has been represented extensively in art.

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.

Mithras was a #Roman version of the #Persian God Mithra & was widely worshipped in a religion called the Mithraic mysteries. Worshippers were called syndexioi, (united by the handshake) & met in underground temples, (mithraeum). Mithraism rivalled Christianity for a time

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/9BI71soO7Q

The Gratia were the three Graces for the #Romans and were Aglaea ("Splendour"), Euphrosyne ("Mirth"), & Thalia ("Good Cheer"). They have been represented in art many times in Roman Frescos, Antonio Canova’s statue, Botticelli's painting & Picasso's representation.

This #Roman mosaic shows the birth of Mithras. He is emerging from a dark cave, flanked by his 2 attendants, Cautes & Cautopates. Above him is the raven, associated with initiation into his cult. Now in the @walters_museum collection it dates to the 1st Century AD

Julia Domna , 2nd wife of the #Roman Emperor Septimius Severus, was one of the most powerful Roman women in history. Born in Emesa ( #Homs in modern #Syria) c160AD, the youngest daughter of a high-priest of Ba'al, she was mother of Caracalla & Geta & was renowned for her learning

Today we say happy Birthday to the country of #SanMarino which by tradition was founded on 3rd September AD301, when Saint Marinus, escaping the #Roman Diocletian Persecution, fled to Monte Titano, where he built a small church, establishing the city & state of San Marino.