Entity Sources

2,936 links between entities and the sources that attest them, with evidence type and passage-level notes. The primary evidence layer: every entity classification traces to at least one record here.

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{'description': 'e.g. Direct attestation, Secondary analysis, Epigraphic, Numismatic'}
source_note
{'description': 'Specific passage citations and notes on how this source attests the entity'}

7 rows where entity_id = "ENT_ROM_LARES"

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ENT_ROM_LARES,SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS,scholarly attestation Lares ENT_ROM_LARES Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS scholarly attestation Attested in Beard, North, Price, Religions of Rome.
ENT_ROM_LARES,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation Lares ENT_ROM_LARES Cicero, De Natura Deorum (45 BCE) SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA direct attestation DND 3.39-42 (Cotta's critique of the proliferation of gods including Lares). Attests the philosophical debate about Roman household deities.
ENT_ROM_LARES,SRC_LIVY_AUC,direct attestation Lares ENT_ROM_LARES Livy, Ab Urbe Condita (Books 1–10, 21–45; c. 27 BCE – 9 CE) SRC_LIVY_AUC direct attestation Lares Compitales appear in Livy in the context of prodigies and festivals; AUC 34.44.8 (compitalia festival). Attests civic role of Lares in the Roman neighborhood system.
ENT_ROM_LARES,SRC_OVID_FASTI,direct attestation Lares ENT_ROM_LARES Ovid, Fasti SRC_OVID_FASTI direct attestation Fasti 2.599-616: the Fornacalia and Compitalia; the Lares Compitales (Lares of the crossroads) and the household Lares; Ovid explains the origin of the Lares and their role protecting the home and the crossroads; a key text for Roman domestic religion
ENT_ROM_LARES,SRC_ROMAN_OCD,scholarly attestation Lares ENT_ROM_LARES Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries SRC_ROMAN_OCD scholarly attestation Attested in Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries.
ENT_ROM_LARES,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Lares ENT_ROM_LARES Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Varro traces Lares to the souls of the dead; City of God 7.6; the most systematic ancient treatment of Lares theology.
ENT_ROM_LARES,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation Lares ENT_ROM_LARES Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID direct attestation Lares appear throughout; Aeneid 5.744 (household Lares invoked); the Lares/Penates distinction is foundational to the Aeneid's theology of Roman household religion.

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CREATE TABLE "entity_sources" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [evidence_type] TEXT,
   [source_note] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [source_id], [evidence_type])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_source_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_entity_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([entity_id]);