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.
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In Search of God the Mother
Great scholarly work on Cybele, chapter on Rome is excellent.
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The Mother of the Gods
excellent, thought-provoking study of sovereignty & Cybele
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Corpus Cultus Cybelae Attidisque (CCCA) I. Asia Minor
14 volumes in total in this series. Exhaustive compilation of epigraphy & statues, monuments
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Cybele, Attis and related Cults
essays by various scholars
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Soteriology and mystic aspects in the cult of Cybele and Attis
as the title says
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On the Nature of Things
Description of the cultus of Magna Mater
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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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The Sign Language of Roman Coins
Cybele, The Mother Goddess
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Religious Cults Associated With the Amazons
Ch. 2: The Great Mother "extensively documented" with many references to primary sources.
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