The Great Altar of Unconquered Hercules (Latin: Herculis Invicti Ara Maxima) stood in the Forum Boarium near the Tiber River in ancient Rome. It was the...
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venerating Hercules for dispatching the giant Cacus. Virgil's listeners would have related this scene to the same Great Altar of Hercules in the Forum...
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of Hercules or Temple of Heracles may refer to: Temple of Hercules Victor, or Temple of Hercules Olivarius, in the Forum Boarium in Rome Great Altar of...
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Ahenobarbus Altar of Victory Great Altar of Hercules Basilica Aemilia Basilica Argentaria Basilica Fulvia Basilica Hilariana Basilica Julia Basilica of Junius...
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representations of Hercules in the later tradition. In Roman mythology, although Hercules was seen as the champion of the weak and a great protector, his...
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Temple of Hercules Gaditanus, Temple of Melqart or Temple of Hercules-Melqart was a place of worship in Antiquity in the southern outskirts of Gadir-Gades...
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Anicius Faustus (category Urban prefects of Rome)
grandson of Quintus Anicius Faustus Paulinus. He was the patron of the town of Uzappa. If he is identified as the Faustus mentioned on the Great Altar of Hercules...
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Regio XI Circus Maximus (category Topography of the ancient city of Rome)
Forum Boarium stood the Great Altar of Hercules, the Temple of Portunus, and the Temple of Hercules Victor. At the turn of the 5th century, the Regio contained...
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Capitoline Triad Juno Jupiter Minerva Heroes Hercules in ancient Rome Great Altar of Hercules Temple of Hercules Victor Roma (deity) Collegium Pontificum...
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The altar of Jupiter Praestes at Tibur was also alleged to have been established by Hercules himself. Hercules Augustus or Hercules Augusti, Hercules "in...
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Labours of Hercules or Labours of Heracles (Greek: ἆθλοι, âthloi Latin: Labores) are a series of tasks carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek...
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Santa Maria in Cosmedin (category Churches of Rome (rione Ripa))
east end of the church, possibly the podium of the Great Altar to Hercules. It took the form of a miniature basilica with a small apse and altar and a nave...
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Hercules is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, the character is based...
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Forum Boarium (category Fora venalia of Rome)
Hercules was honoured as a god by the ancient dwellers of the Palatine hill, who are said to have dedicated an altar to him. The tufa stone core of this...
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Irminsul (category History of North Rhine-Westphalia)
their god of Victory they give the name of Mars, and the bodily characteristics of Hercules, imitating his physical proportion by means of wooden columns...
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Karlskirche (category Roman Catholic church buildings in the Vicariate of Vienna City)
and Jachim, that stood in front of the Temple at Jerusalem. They also recall the Pillars of Hercules and act as symbols of imperial power. The entrance is...
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all the way to the Pillars of Hercules, to be used for an invasion of Carthage and the western Mediterranean; Erection of great temples in Delos, Delphi...
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Victor Emmanuel II Monument (redirect from Altar of the Nation)
Patria ("Altar of the Fatherland"), is a large national monument built between 1885 and 1935 to honour Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a unified...
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began to quickly assemble an altar out of nearby stones in honor of Hercules. Hercules was so pleased, after the sack of Troy he gave Telamon Hesione...
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Erasmus was Bishop of Formia, Italy. During the persecution against Christians under the emperors Diocletian (284–305) and Maximian Hercules (286–305), he...
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Ara Pacis (redirect from Altar of Augustan Peace)
The Ara Pacis Augustae (Latin, "Altar of Augustan Peace"; commonly shortened to Ara Pacis) is an altar in Rome dedicated to the Pax Romana. The monument...
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Commodus (category Sons of Roman emperors)
identified him again with Hercules. An inscribed altar from Dura-Europos on the Euphrates shows that Commodus' titles and the renaming of the months were disseminated...
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Mumrills (category Forts of the Antonine Wall)
Photographs of the excavations can be found online. An altar to Hercules Magusanus was found in 1841 "near the Bridge at Brightons" about a mile south-east of this...
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Geryon (redirect from Cattle of Geryon)
Geryon and Hercules' conquest of Geryon is mentioned in Book VIII. The Herculean Sarcophagus of Genzano features a three-headed representation of Geryon....
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Philoctetes (category People of the Trojan War)
there in the temple of Apollo Halius the bow and arrows of Hercules, which had, however, been removed by the Crotoniats to the temple of Apollo in their own...
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St. Peter's Basilica (redirect from Holy See of Saint Peter)
Tabitha, the altar of St. Petronilla, the altar of the Archangel Michael, the altar of the Navicella, the right transept with altars of Saint Erasmus...
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Telephus (redirect from King Telephus of Mysia)
Volker, "The Architecture of the Great Altar and the Telephos Frieze" in Pergamon: The Telephos Frieze from the Great Altar, Volume 2, Renée Dreyfus and...
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Auchendavy (category Forts of the Antonine Wall)
2017. "RIB 2177. Altar dedicated to Mars, Minerva, the Goddesses of the Parade-ground, Hercules, Epona, and Victory". Roman Inscriptions of Britain. Retrieved...
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of French design made in 1735 were only used at two christenings. The 46-centimetre (1 ft 6 in) tall ewer's handle is topped by a figure of Hercules slaying...
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Mars (mythology) (redirect from Altar of Mars)
with contempt and revulsion in Greek literature. Mars's altar in the Campus Martius, the area of Rome that took its name from him, was supposed to have...
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