The Unconquered Sun or Invincible Sun, also known as Sol Invictus, was long

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The Unconquered Sun or Invincible Sun, also known as Sol Invictus, was long regarded as the recognised sun deity of the later Roman Empire. The Roman Emperor Aurelian declared the cult of Sol Invictus a state religion among the other Roman cults on December 25, AD 274. The cult of Sol was connected to the Roman gens Aurelia. Emperor Aurelian completely transformed the Roman worship of Sol following his conquests in the East, making the sun deity one of the most revered deities of the Empire. When viewed from the direction of the main approach towards the arch, triumphal arch of Emperor Constantine in later times was strategically placed to line up with the enormous statue of Sol by the Colosseum, making Sol the prominent backdrop. Academicians claim that on December 25, the date of the Roman Winter Solstice, the emperor Aurelian founded the celebration Dies Natalis Solis Invicti or Birthday of the Invincible Sun in AD 274. Thirty chariot races were held in Rome to commemorate this annual celebration. Priests of Sol were now pontifices and members of the new college of pontifices established by Aurelian, although in the past they had been only sacerdotes and typically belonged to the lower strata of Roman society. The fact that each pontifex of Sol now belonged to the senatorial aristocracy demonstrated how esteemed the priesthood of Sol had become. According to the conventional wisdom, Rome had two completely distinct sun gods, the second being Sol Invictus. Sol Indiges, also known as Sol, was the first of them. According to the revisionist theory, however, Rome had only one Sun God worship that persisted from the kingship to the end of antiquity. Sol was the name of the Roman deity in question. In Rome, there were at least three Sun-related temples, all of which were from the earlier Republic and were still in use during the Empire. As a result, the academic world on Sol has recently split into two groups: traditionalists and an increasing number of revisionists. Numerous Roman gods, including Jupiter, Mars, Hercules, Apollo, and Silvanus, were given the title – Invictus or Invincible - Since the third century BC, it had been in use. The Roman religion of Sol has also persisted since the earliest records of the city. Sol was regarded as being of the utmost importance during the reign of Emperor Aurelian to Constantine I. The last mention of Sol Invictus in writing is from AD 387, and there were still enough followers of the religion till the fifth century, so that Augustine, a Christian theologian, felt compelled to preach against them. #History

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