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Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus at 17:42, 31 March 2009

2009-03-31T17:42:04Z

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	The ''genius'' is the vital spirit that accompanied a man from his birth to his death. The ''genius'' of a person was honored on his birthday. By the beginning of the Empire, a woman's ''genius'', called the ''juno'' was also honoured.		The ''genius'' is the vital spirit that accompanied a man from his birth to his death. The ''genius'' of a person was honored on his birthday. By the beginning of the Empire, a woman's ''genius'', called the ''juno'' was also honoured.

−	==Genius ~~Populi~~ Romani==	+	==''Genius populi Romani''==

	There was "a shrine dedicated to the Genius of the Roman people, near the temple of Concord in the forum"<ref>[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Genius_Populi_Romani.html Platner, Topographical Dictionary, 1929]</ref>.		There was "a shrine dedicated to the Genius of the Roman people, near the temple of Concord in the forum"<ref>[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Genius_Populi_Romani.html Platner, Topographical Dictionary, 1929]</ref>.

2009-03-31T17:41:33Z

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2009-03-31T14:35:53Z

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2007-07-06T06:18:03Z

genius loci, links, refs...

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−	The genius is the vital spirit that accompanied a man from his birth to his death. The genius of a person was honored on his birthday. By the beginning of the Empire, a woman's genius, called the juno was also honoured.	+	The ''genius'' is the vital spirit that accompanied a man from his birth to his death. The ''genius'' of a person was honored on his birthday. By the beginning of the Empire, a woman's ''genius'', called the ''juno'' was also honoured.
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		+	==Genius Populi Romani==
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		+	There was "a shrine dedicated to the Genius of the Roman people, near the temple of Concord in the forum"<ref>[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Genius_Populi_Romani.html Platner, Topographical Dictionary, 1929]</ref>.
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		+	==''Genius loci''==
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		+	The ''genius loci'' was the ''genius'' associated with a specific place. A graffito found in a ''excubitorium'' in Ostia "mentions the Genius of the place..." <ref>[http://www.ostia-antica.org/dict/topics/caserma/excubit.htm Ostia: the Fire-Brigade (''Vigiles'')]</ref>
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		+	==Notes==
		+	<references />
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		+	See also: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genius_%28mythology%29 "Genius" at Wikipedia]

2007-07-05T09:24:48Z

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2007-07-04T05:40:35Z

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2007-07-04T00:13:59Z

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2007-07-03T23:10:29Z

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