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Author(s): A. L. Frothingham
Source: American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1914), pp. 146-155
Published by: Archaeological Institute of America
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DIOCLETIAN AND MI1THRA 147
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on the Via Lata, the so-called arcus novus of the Notitia, but the
memorial statue on these columns in the Forum; apparently the
two Augusti on one column and the two Caesars on the other;
or, more probably, perhaps, an Augustus on each column.'
I shall not give here a full description of the sculptures on the
base that remains, as I expect to do this elsewhere, but only what
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148 A. L. FROTHINGHAM
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DIOCLETIA V AND MITHRA 149
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150 A. L. FROTHINGHAM
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DIOCLETIAN AND MITHRA 151
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152 A. L. FROTHINGHAM
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DIOCLETIAN AND MITHRA 153
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154 A. L. FROTHINGHAM
1 Julian, Hymn to the Mother of the gods, 172 D: cf. Damascius, 294, and
Proclus on the Timaeus, I, 11. Julian says that the god of the seven rays lifts
up the souls of men.
2 Julian in fact distinguishes (1) a Sun in posse in the bosom of the Good, the
original Being; (2) an invisible and immaterial Sun (Mithra-Helios) who rules
the intellectual gods; (3) a visible and material Sun, who rules the stars and
shines on the world. See Or. IV, 155 B.
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DIOCLETIAN AND MITHRA 155
Is this not also the idea that underlies the scene on the base of
the memorial column of Diocletian and his colleagues in the most
sacred centre of the Roman world?
A. L. FROTHINGHAM.
PRINCETON, N. J.
FEBRUARY, 1914.
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