Magna Mater

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Magna Mater, Cybele, the Great Mother of the Gods, had according Samuel Ball Platner ("A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome", London: Oxford University Press, 1929) five temples in Rome. Her main temple was on the Palatine hill.

This Temple has been dedicated during the Punic wars on Idus Apr. 563 a.u.c. (10 April 191 b.c.e.) by Praetor M. Junius Brutus IV. From this day on, were held every year, in honour of the goddess and in front of the temple, the Ludi Megalesia. Magna Mater had become the Sacred Protectress of the City.

Useful link(s)

• Magna Mater project
• Magna Mater in Nova Roma

References

• Bennett, Florence Mary (1912). Religious Cults Associated With the Amazons Ch. 2: The Great Mother "extensively documented" with many references to primary sources.
• Welch, Bill. (n.d.). The Sign Language of Roman Coins. Forvm Ancient Coins. Cybele, The Mother Goddess
• Willoughby, Harold R. (1929). Pagan Regeneration: A Study of Mystery Initiation in the Greco-Roman World Ch. V: The Regenerative Rites of the Great Mother

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