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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 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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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.
  
 
[http://www.magnamaterproject.org/en/mm.htm  '''More...''']
 
[http://www.magnamaterproject.org/en/mm.htm  '''More...''']
  
 
==Reading List==
 
==Reading List==
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{{Bookinfo
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| title=In Search of God the Mother
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| author=Prof. Lynn Roller
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| date=1999
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| ISBN=0520210247
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| comment=This is the latest best research.
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| name=
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;In Search of God the Mother : Prof. Lynn Roller, 1999, ISBN 0520210247. This is the latest best research.
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| title=Corpus Cultus Cybelae Attidisque (CCCA) I. Asia Minor
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| author=M.J. Vermaseren
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| date=1987
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| publisher=Brill Academic Publishers
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| ISBN=9004079041
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| comment=14 volumes in total in this series.
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| name=
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{{Bookinfo
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| title=On the Nature of Things
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| author=[[Lucretius]] Trans. William Ellery Leonard
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| date=
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| ISBN=
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| comment=[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/lucretius-reruma.html Description of the cultus of Magna Mater]
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{{Bookinfo
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| title=Pagan Regeneration: A Study of Mystery Initiation in the Greco-Roman World
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| author=Harold R. Willoughby
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| date=1929
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| publisher=
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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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;Corpus Cybele Attidisque : by M.J. Vermaseren (14 vols)
 
  
 
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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.



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.

More...

Reading List

In Search of God the Mother

0520210247.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Prof. Lynn Roller. (1999). ISBN 0520210247
This is the latest best research.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Corpus Cultus Cybelae Attidisque (CCCA) I. Asia Minor

9004079041.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
M.J. Vermaseren. (1987). Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 9004079041
14 volumes in total in this series.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

On the Nature of Things

Lucretius Trans. William Ellery Leonard. (n.d.)
Description of the cultus of Magna Mater

Pagan Regeneration: A Study of Mystery Initiation in the Greco-Roman World



Vide

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