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Monumentum

Sol in quadriga from Romula

Fragment of the right part of a marble relief from Romula, Dacia, depicting Sol standing in a four-horse chariot.
 
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27 May 2026

TNMM 2005 ↔ CIMRM 2176

Fragment of the r. part of a marble relief (H. 0.16 Br. 0.16 D. 0.02), found in the ruins of Romula. Bucarest, National Museum.

Parvan in AAcRom (S. II) XXXVI, 1913, 59 No. 25 and Pl. VIII, 1; AA 1913, 382f No. 25 and fig. 15.

Sol standing in a quadriga and holding the reins with his l.h. He is dressed in a mantle which does not cover his breast. His head, his r. arm and the lower part of his body are lost. Under the feet of the horses is the head of a dog. In the background the lower part of a standing woman dressed in a long mantle. According to me it is very doubtful to ascribe this monument to the Mithraic cult, as Parvan does. The solar chariot with a woman's figure (Eoos) does not occur in the Mithraic representations.

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