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−	Silvanus; ancient Italic rustic god of the forests, shepherds, wild places, and boundaries. Although he is assumed to be an ancient deity material on Silvanus only comes from the 2nd century B.C.E. His epithets are ''pater'' and ''senex'' and he was usually depicted as a ragged old man with a sickle. Most scholars reject the identification with Etruscan Selvans but are unsure if Silvanus is an epithet of Mars or a separate deity altogether. Much is unknown about this deity, though he was worshipped throughout the Empire.	+	{{LanguageBar\|Silvanus}}
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		+	'''Silvanus''' is an ancient Italic rustic god of the forests, shepherds, wild places, and boundaries. Although he is assumed to be an ancient deity, material on Silvanus only comes from the 2nd century B.C.E. His epithets are ''pater'' and ''senex'', and he was usually depicted as a ragged old man with a sickle. Most scholars reject the identification with Etruscan "''Selvans''" but are unsure if Silvanus is an epithet of [[Mars]] or a separate deity altogether. Much is unknown about this deity, though he was worshipped throughout the Empire.
	[[Image:Silvanus courtesy of Vroma.jpg\|right\|frame]]		[[Image:Silvanus courtesy of Vroma.jpg\|right\|frame]]

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−	Although he is assumed to be an ancient deity material on Silvanus only comes from the 2nd century B.C.E. His epithets are ''pater'' and ''senex'' and he was usually depicted as a ragged old man with a sickle. Most scholars reject the identification with Etruscan Selvans but are unsure if Silvanus is an epithet of Mars or a separate deity altogether. Much is unknown about this deity, though he was worshipped throughout the Empire.	+
	[[Image:Silvanus courtesy of Vroma.jpg\|right\|frame]]		[[Image:Silvanus courtesy of Vroma.jpg\|right\|frame]]

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	Silvanus; ancient Italic rustic god of the forests, shepherds, wild places, and boundaries.		Silvanus; ancient Italic rustic god of the forests, shepherds, wild places, and boundaries.
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−	Although he is assumed to be an ancient deity material on Silvanus only comes from the 2nd century B.C.E. His epithets are ''pater'' and ''senex'' and he was usually depicted as a ragged old man with a sickle. Most scholars reject the identification with Etruscan Selvans but are unsure if Silvanus is an epithet of Mars or a separate deity altogether. Much is unknown about this deity, though he was worshipped throughout the Empire.

		+	Although he is assumed to be an ancient deity material on Silvanus only comes from the 2nd century B.C.E. His epithets are ''pater'' and ''senex'' and he was usually depicted as a ragged old man with a sickle. Most scholars reject the identification with Etruscan Selvans but are unsure if Silvanus is an epithet of Mars or a separate deity altogether. Much is unknown about this deity, though he was worshipped throughout the Empire.
		+	[[Image:Silvanus courtesy of Vroma.jpg\|right\|frame]]
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	==References==		==References==
	Peter F. Dorcey "The Cult of Silvanus; a study in Roman Folk Religion", Brill 1992		Peter F. Dorcey "The Cult of Silvanus; a study in Roman Folk Religion", Brill 1992

	[[Category:Roman Gods]]		[[Category:Roman Gods]]

Marca Hortensia Maior at 03:42, 28 August 2009

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	Silvanus; ancient Italic rustic god of the forests, shepherds, wild places, and boundaries.		Silvanus; ancient Italic rustic god of the forests, shepherds, wild places, and boundaries.
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	Although he is assumed to be an ancient deity material on Silvanus only comes from the 2nd century B.C.E. His epithets are ''pater'' and ''senex'' and he was usually depicted as a ragged old man with a sickle. Most scholars reject the identification with Etruscan Selvans but are unsure if Silvanus is an epithet of Mars or a separate deity altogether. Much is unknown about this deity, though he was worshipped throughout the Empire.		Although he is assumed to be an ancient deity material on Silvanus only comes from the 2nd century B.C.E. His epithets are ''pater'' and ''senex'' and he was usually depicted as a ragged old man with a sickle. Most scholars reject the identification with Etruscan Selvans but are unsure if Silvanus is an epithet of Mars or a separate deity altogether. Much is unknown about this deity, though he was worshipped throughout the Empire.

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−	Silvanus; ancient Italic rustic god of the forests, shepherds, wild places, and boundaries. Although he is assumed to be an ancient deity material on Silvanus only comes from the 2nd century B.C.E. His epithets are ''pater'' and ''senex'' and he was usually depicted as a ragged old man with a sickle. Most scholars reject the identification with Etruscan Selvans but are unsure if Silvanus is an epithet of Mars or a separate deity altogether. Much is unknown about this deity, though he was worshipped throughout the Empire.	+	Silvanus; ancient Italic rustic god of the forests, shepherds, wild places, and boundaries.
		+	[[Image:Silvanus courtesy of Vroma.jpg\|right\|frame]]
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		+	Although he is assumed to be an ancient deity material on Silvanus only comes from the 2nd century B.C.E. His epithets are ''pater'' and ''senex'' and he was usually depicted as a ragged old man with a sickle. Most scholars reject the identification with Etruscan Selvans but are unsure if Silvanus is an epithet of Mars or a separate deity altogether. Much is unknown about this deity, though he was worshipped throughout the Empire.

	==References==		==References==

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	==References==		==References==
	Peter F. Dorcey "The Cult of Silvanus; a study in Roman Folk Religion", Brill 1992		Peter F. Dorcey "The Cult of Silvanus; a study in Roman Folk Religion", Brill 1992
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−	Silvanus; ancient Italic rustic god of the forests, shepherds, wild places, and boundaries. Although he is assumed to be an ancient deity material on Silvanus only comes from the 2nd century B.C.E. His epithets are ''pater'' and ''senex'' and he was usually depicted as a ragged old man with a sickle. Most scholars reject the identification with Etruscan Selvans but are unsure if Silvanus is an epithet of Mars or a separate deity altogether. Much is unknown about this deity, though we was worshipped throughout the Empire.	+	Silvanus; ancient Italic rustic god of the forests, shepherds, wild places, and boundaries. Although he is assumed to be an ancient deity material on Silvanus only comes from the 2nd century B.C.E. His epithets are ''pater'' and ''senex'' and he was usually depicted as a ragged old man with a sickle. Most scholars reject the identification with Etruscan Selvans but are unsure if Silvanus is an epithet of Mars or a separate deity altogether. Much is unknown about this deity, though he was worshipped throughout the Empire.

	==References==		==References==
	Peter F. Dorcey "The Cult of Silvanus; a study in Roman Folk Religion", Brill 1992		Peter F. Dorcey "The Cult of Silvanus; a study in Roman Folk Religion", Brill 1992

Marca Hortensia Maior at 01:20, 27 August 2009

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	Silvanus; ancient Italic rustic god of the forests, shepherds, wild places, and boundaries. Although he is assumed to be an ancient deity material on Silvanus only comes from the 2nd century B.C.E. His epithets are ''pater'' and ''senex'' and he was usually depicted as a ragged old man with a sickle. Most scholars reject the identification with Etruscan Selvans but are unsure if Silvanus is an epithet of Mars or a separate deity altogether. Much is unknown about this deity, though we was worshipped throughout the Empire.		Silvanus; ancient Italic rustic god of the forests, shepherds, wild places, and boundaries. Although he is assumed to be an ancient deity material on Silvanus only comes from the 2nd century B.C.E. His epithets are ''pater'' and ''senex'' and he was usually depicted as a ragged old man with a sickle. Most scholars reject the identification with Etruscan Selvans but are unsure if Silvanus is an epithet of Mars or a separate deity altogether. Much is unknown about this deity, though we was worshipped throughout the Empire.
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		+	==References==
		+	Peter F. Dorcey "The Cult of Silvanus; a study in Roman Folk Religion", Brill 1992

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New page: Silvanus; ancient Italic rustic god of the forests, shepherds, wild places, and boundaries. Although he is assumed to be an ancient deity material on Silvanus only comes from the 2nd centu...

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Silvanus; ancient Italic rustic god of the forests, shepherds, wild places, and boundaries. Although he is assumed to be an ancient deity material on Silvanus only comes from the 2nd century B.C.E. His epithets are ''pater'' and ''senex'' and he was usually depicted as a ragged old man with a sickle. Most scholars reject the identification with Etruscan Selvans but are unsure if Silvanus is an epithet of Mars or a separate deity altogether. Much is unknown about this deity, though we was worshipped throughout the Empire.