Magna Mater

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−	'''Magna Mater''', Cybele, the Great Mother of the Gods, had her main temple in [[Rome]] on the [[Palatine]]. The [[Megalesia]] was dedicated to her.	+
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−	The praetor M. Junius Brutus IV, the day of ID APR AVC DLXIII (10 April of 191 bce), dedicated for the first time the [[Temple of Magna Mater]] on the Palatine Hill; since that date every year in front of the temple were held the Ludi Megalesia in honour of the goddess. And since that date the Magna Mater was enthroned as Sacred Protectress of the City.	+	'''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.
−	[http://www.magnamaterproject.org/en/mm.htm  '''More...''']	+	[[Image:Magna Mater courtesy of Vroma.jpg|left|thumb]]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.
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	==Reading List==		==Reading List==
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	| publisher=		| publisher=
	| ISBN=0520210247		| ISBN=0520210247
−	| comment=This is the latest best research.	+	| comment=Great scholarly work on Cybele, chapter on Rome is excellent.
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		+	| title=The Mother of the Gods
		+	| author=Mark Munn
		+	| date=2006
		+	| publisher=University of California Press
		+	| ISBN=0520243498
		+	| comment=excellent, thought-provoking study of sovereignty & Cybele
		+	|format=compact
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	| publisher=Brill Academic Publishers		| publisher=Brill Academic Publishers
	| ISBN=9004079041		| ISBN=9004079041
−	| comment=14 volumes in total in this series.	+	| comment=14 volumes in total in this series. Exhaustive compilation of epigraphy & statues, monuments
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		+	| title=Cybele, Attis and related Cults
		+	| author= Eugene N. Lane, ed.
		+	| date=1996
		+	| publisher=Brill
		+	| ISBN=9004101969
		+	| comment=essays by various scholars
		+	|format=compact
		+	}}
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		+	{{Bookinfo
		+	| title=Soteriology and mystic aspects in the cult of Cybele and Attis
		+	| author=Giula Gasparro Sfameni
		+	| date=1985
		+	| publisher=Brill
		+	| ISBN=9004072837
		+	| comment=as the title says
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	| comment=[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/lucretius-reruma.html Description of the cultus of Magna Mater]		| comment=[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/lucretius-reruma.html Description of the cultus of Magna Mater]
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−	| title=Pagan Regeneration: A Study of Mystery Initiation in the Greco-Roman World
−	| author=Harold R. Willoughby
−	| date=1929
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−	| comment=[http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/pr/pr07.htm Ch. V: The Regenerative Rites of the Great Mother]
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−	{{Bookinfo	+	==Useful link(s)==
−	| title= The Sign Language of Roman Coins	+
−	| author=Bill Welch	+
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−	| publisher=Forvm Ancient Coins	+
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−	| comment= [http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_cybele.html Cybele, The Mother Goddess]	+
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	*[[Magna Mater project]]		*[[Magna Mater project]]
	*[[Magna Mater (Nova Roma)|Magna Mater in Nova Roma]]		*[[Magna Mater (Nova Roma)|Magna Mater in Nova Roma]]
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		+	==References==
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		+	* Bennett, Florence Mary (1912). Religious Cults Associated With the Amazons [http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/rca/rca03.htm 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. [http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_cybele.html Cybele, The Mother Goddess]
		+	* Willoughby, Harold R. (1929). Pagan Regeneration: A Study of Mystery Initiation in the Greco-Roman World [http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/pr/pr07.htm Ch. V: The Regenerative Rites of the Great Mother]
		+	{{Book reviews|topic=Magna Mater}}
		+	[[Category:Roman Gods]]

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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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