Magna Mater

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.

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Reading List

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In Search of God the Mother

Prof. Lynn Roller. (1999). ISBN 0520210247
Great scholarly work on Cybele, chapter on Rome is excellent.
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The Mother of the Gods

Mark Munn. (2006). University of California Press. ISBN 0520243498
excellent, thought-provoking study of sovereignty & Cybele Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Corpus Cultus Cybelae Attidisque (CCCA) I. Asia Minor

M.J. Vermaseren. (1987). Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 9004079041
14 volumes in total in this series. Exhaustive compilation of epigraphy & statues, monuments Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Cybele, Attis and related Cults

Eugene N. Lane, ed.. (1996). Brill. ISBN 9004101969
essays by various scholars Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Soteriology and mystic aspects in the cult of Cybele and Attis

Giula Gasparro Sfameni. (1985). Brill. ISBN 9004072837
as the title says Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Vide

• Magna Mater project
• Magna Mater in Nova Roma