Phrygian Caps, Ancient Roman Empire and Mithraism

Ancient clothing, ancient beliefs. They are with us today. Here is a fair use and rescaled portion of a mosaic in Ostia Antica, the whole can be seen at www.ostia-antica.org/regio5/9/9-1_11.

For background where this was uncovered, see our views of Ostia Antica at Italy Road Ways, Ostia Antica; and at Italy Road Ways, Ostia, Death by Silt. See the cap, the forward-pulled peak.

Our focus here is on this headwear - known by its shape as the Phrygian Cap.










Now, see this same cap shape on a slave shown on the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome, at Italy Road Ways, Rome, Colosseum, Arch of Septimius Severus.

It also was worn by worshippers of Mithra, Mithraism as a pagan Roman religion that competed in the early times with emerging Christianity, and was the dominant religion where Paul grew up. See its influence at ://sparklemjk.com/Yule.html. See also Bogomilia, Mithraism.

This cap has significance in any era where freedom was valued, and fought for - see Joy of Equivocating, Phrygian Cap; and sites listed there.

Origins are anchors. Ties to the past that light up the present. Wear your Phrygian Cap with pride. See its current significance in modern symbolism at Joy of Equivocating, Phrygian Caps.

The United States Army sports it with pride. This is a fair use portion of the official seal. See Joy of Equivocating site for more. Then look up the American Revolution, and the French Revolution. A search for Phrygian caps there as well. And connections to Rome - see ://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/flags/xf-cap.html

Rome - Here, We Could Have Used a Car. Colosseum, Septimius Severus, Jesus Pantera, Phrygian Caps

Rome and glory,
Rome and glory.
Go together,
But some is gory.

Here is a pay-per-photo gladiator at the Colosseum, see www.romebuddy.com/colosseum/colosseumpictures.. And conquered Gauls and other slaves at the Arch of Septimius Severus, see sights.seindal.dk/sight/161_Arch_of_Septimius_Severus. Note the caps on the slaves - the Phrygian caps. They were forbidden to use their own headwear while enslaved. They could redon their caps upon freedom. See Hello, Fodder, Phrygian Caps. See also Joy of Equivocating, Phrygian Cap to Supplant Lapel Pin.

We were distance-walkers here, without a car. It is not hard to find your way somewhere on the bus, or subway. People are helpful. The historic sites are so well known, and well marked. We went to the Catacombs by bus, the Vatican by subway, and did Rome central by foot.

Became interested in a particular Roman archer after we got back. If theories interest you, do a web search for "Jesus Pantera," or read "The Jesus Dynasty," by James Tabor, Simon & Schuster 2006, if you have any interest in expanding your horizons in religious roots. Paternity is always a topic, rich or poor, and this does delve. Let information or possibilities in, then weigh and decide. No point in blocking an idea out before you think about it. That's what brains are for.

Back to gladiators: There is information on gladiators at Gladiators, and many other places on the internet. Try this site: ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/gladiators. Also movies. If we were to wire the world, and provide a basic computer to each household, and have the schools teach basic repair, kids and adults could go a long way in teaching themselves. Mr. and Mrs. Gates?

There is the Arch of Septimius Severus, 200AD or so. On the arch are captured tribesmen - Gauls - in chains - from somewhere in France? Could be elsewhere, because the Gauls were over a large area.

Gauls appear to be either the same as or connected to the Celts? See more about Gauls and Celts at www.leyline.org/cra/1999beltaine/romans_and_gauls.

Some of the captured were brought back to Rome as slaves, others became gladiators, as in the film, The Gladiator. For accounts of the slavery, see www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/slavery-romrep1. Slavery: even Scots on the Isle of Skye were enslaved and sent to the Virgin Islands - said our guide at Dunvegan Castle, Scotland Road Ways.
He said that is why there are so many Scottish surnames there. Check it out? Slavery in America: different in denying personhood? Another topic.