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Mysterious ancient altar found in Roman fort (In England)
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| Rossella Lorenzi
Posted on 07/25/2009 7:09:40 AM PDT by decimon
This 1.5-ton, four-foot high carved stone relic shows a godlike figure standing on a bull, with a thunderbolt in one hand and a battle axe in the other. It is a representation of the Anatolian god Juppiter of Doliche, which was believed to be a favorite deity among Roman soldiers.
A massive altar dedicated to an eastern cult deity has emerged during excavations of a Roman fort in northern England.
Weighing 1.5 tons, the four-foot high ornately carved stone relic, was unearthed at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, which was built by order of the Emperor Hadrian between 122-30 A.D.
The Romans built the defensive wall across the north of Britain from Carlisle to Newcastle-on-Tyne, to keep out invading armies from what is now Scotland.
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: antoninewall; epigraphyandlanguage; gaskridge; germanlimes; godsgravesglyphs; hadrianswall; mithras; romanempire; scotland; scotlandyet; unitedkingdom; vindolanda; vindolandatablets
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To: decimon
Other finds include letters home by Roman soldiers, written in ink on wood, asking for warm clothing and socks.The pony express!
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posted on
07/25/2009 8:41:25 AM PDT
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bgill
(The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration)
To: blam
Yeah, but then they couldn’t have wiggled their booty at the enemy.
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07/25/2009 8:44:23 AM PDT
by
bgill
(The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration)
To: Sudetenland
Mithras, Not the One.
Zathras, the One.
To: blam
They didn't wear kilts when the Romans were there. Well, it got lonely at that wall.
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posted on
07/25/2009 9:03:42 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: MrNeutron1962
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posted on
07/25/2009 10:22:19 AM PDT
by
Sudetenland
(Without God there is no freedom, for what rights man can give, he can take away.)
To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
Oh my gosh, you sound super smart!
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07/25/2009 2:38:42 PM PDT
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jocon307
To: decimon; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
07/25/2009 5:01:38 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: decimon
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posted on
07/25/2009 5:26:33 PM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . The boy's war iin Dor tetriot has already cost more then the war in Iraq.)
To: jocon307
Oh my gosh, you sound super smart! Well, at least I've got ONE person on here fooled! ;)
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07/25/2009 5:46:41 PM PDT
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Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
(We bury Democrats face down so that when they scratch, they get closer to home.)
To: SunkenCiv
To: BenLurkin
Mithra.Mithra wears army boots.
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07/25/2009 7:26:11 PM PDT
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decimon
To: BenLurkin
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07/25/2009 7:41:13 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: decimon
My husband and I visited Vindolanda about 15 years ago. It was pretty neat then. I suppose they have discovered a lot more since we were there. From the fort we walked about a mile along a country road lined by a stone wall and then across a sheep pasture to get to Hadrian's wall.
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posted on
07/25/2009 8:14:00 PM PDT
by
stayathomemom
(Beware of cat attacks while typing!)
To: Terabitten
While many believe that Christianity borrowed from Mithraism, there is the counter argument that the cult may of been borrowing from early Christians. Many of the parallels are found only in later Roman versions of Mithraism which might of been influenced by that popular new Jewish cult.
To: MrNeutron1962
Nobody ever listens to Zathras, or Zathras, or Zathras, or Zathras, or Zatrhras....
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07/26/2009 11:25:38 AM PDT
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skepsel
To: decimon
interesting what they are finding as they continue to excavate vindolanda. I visited it about 10 yrs ago, and 75% of the newer fort was (as far as I could tell) undug.
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