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Epona , Celtic deity in the Roman world
In the museum of Thessaloniki , northern Greece , the Balkans.She became a totem for the Roman Calvary that may have included Celtic conscripts or mercenaries.Not that many Gallic deities were absorbed into the occupying Roman ways.Cernunnos a 'lord of the forest' was another whose sculptures or depictions are mainly in ancient Gaul or France as well as being one of the recognisable deities on the Celtic pantheon of the Gundestrup Cauldron likely made by commission of silversmiths from Thrace who where themselves occupied by Celtic tribes for a least a century BCE.
"Epona, a patroness of horses, was a Celtic/Gallic/Keltoi goddess of horses, popular in many parts of Europe. Her worship in Thessalonki/Salonika, Greece may have been introduced by the Roman Emperor Galerius, who descended from a region along the river Danube.This deity became popular with the Roman cavalry before the Christian period or may have overlapped in time.This relief is the only evidence of Epona's cult in southern Macedonia, 4th c AD." Slightly edited.The worship of Epona, "the sole Celtic divinity ultimately worshipped in Rome itself", was widespread in the Roman Empire between the first and third centuries AD; this is unusual for a Celtic deity, most of whom were associated with specific localities.A good site for those who want to know more about this Celtic /Gallic goddess taken up by the Roman Cavalry influence.
It is frequently assumed that Epona was a native Celtic goddess predating the western Roman conquest of Gaul in 52 BCE This may well be true; though the evidence for it is sadly lacking. This page collects together the securely dated evidence for Epona and presents it in chronological order.
Galerius was born either in Gamzigrad in eastern Serbia with the Danube to the south or in modern Sofia to the north. For the longest time the city of Sofia possessed a Thracian name, derived from the tribe Serdi, who today are most often defined as a Thracian tribe, whereas, it is also speculated that the Serdi were Celts.
The Arch of Galerius is also in Thessalonika the city where Galerius carried out most of his administrative actions.A victory arch against an old Greco-Roman foe the Persians under Narseh.
www.flickr.com/photos/vygotskij72/3862025622/
The archaeological site of Gamzigrad (Felix Romuliana), is a memorial complex of the Roman Emperor from the time of the tetrarchy – Galerius, that ruled from 297 till 311 AD.
www.flickr.com/photos/svetslike/4487736140/
Epona , Celtic deity in the Roman world
In the museum of Thessaloniki , northern Greece , the Balkans.She became a totem for the Roman Calvary that may have included Celtic conscripts or mercenaries.Not that many Gallic deities were absorbed into the occupying Roman ways.Cernunnos a 'lord of the forest' was another whose sculptures or depictions are mainly in ancient Gaul or France as well as being one of the recognisable deities on the Celtic pantheon of the Gundestrup Cauldron likely made by commission of silversmiths from Thrace who where themselves occupied by Celtic tribes for a least a century BCE.
"Epona, a patroness of horses, was a Celtic/Gallic/Keltoi goddess of horses, popular in many parts of Europe. Her worship in Thessalonki/Salonika, Greece may have been introduced by the Roman Emperor Galerius, who descended from a region along the river Danube.This deity became popular with the Roman cavalry before the Christian period or may have overlapped in time.This relief is the only evidence of Epona's cult in southern Macedonia, 4th c AD." Slightly edited.The worship of Epona, "the sole Celtic divinity ultimately worshipped in Rome itself", was widespread in the Roman Empire between the first and third centuries AD; this is unusual for a Celtic deity, most of whom were associated with specific localities.A good site for those who want to know more about this Celtic /Gallic goddess taken up by the Roman Cavalry influence.
It is frequently assumed that Epona was a native Celtic goddess predating the western Roman conquest of Gaul in 52 BCE This may well be true; though the evidence for it is sadly lacking. This page collects together the securely dated evidence for Epona and presents it in chronological order.
Galerius was born either in Gamzigrad in eastern Serbia with the Danube to the south or in modern Sofia to the north. For the longest time the city of Sofia possessed a Thracian name, derived from the tribe Serdi, who today are most often defined as a Thracian tribe, whereas, it is also speculated that the Serdi were Celts.
The Arch of Galerius is also in Thessalonika the city where Galerius carried out most of his administrative actions.A victory arch against an old Greco-Roman foe the Persians under Narseh.
www.flickr.com/photos/vygotskij72/3862025622/
The archaeological site of Gamzigrad (Felix Romuliana), is a memorial complex of the Roman Emperor from the time of the tetrarchy – Galerius, that ruled from 297 till 311 AD.
www.flickr.com/photos/svetslike/4487736140/