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

6 rows where entity_id = "ENT_ROM_MARS"

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ENT_ROM_MARS,SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS,scholarly attestation Mars ENT_ROM_MARS 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_MARS,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation Mars ENT_ROM_MARS Cicero, De Natura Deorum (45 BCE) SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA direct attestation DND 2.67 (Mars as war); 3.62. Cicero documents both the cult function and the Stoic allegorical interpretation of Mars.
ENT_ROM_MARS,SRC_LIVY_AUC,direct attestation Mars ENT_ROM_MARS Livy, Ab Urbe Condita (Books 1–10, 21–45; c. 27 BCE – 9 CE) SRC_LIVY_AUC direct attestation Mars as divine father of Romulus; AUC 1.4.1-2 (Rhea Silvia claims Mars fathered Romulus and Remus); Salii priests of Mars; AUC 1.20.4 (Numa establishes Salii). Key civic religion attestations throughout Books 1-10.
ENT_ROM_MARS,SRC_OVID_FASTI,direct attestation Mars ENT_ROM_MARS Ovid, Fasti SRC_OVID_FASTI direct attestation Fasti 2.857-862, 3.1-166: February Lupercalia involves Mars; March is his month; Ovid narrates his origin, his rape of Silvia (mother of Romulus and Remus), and the rites of the Salii; primary literary account of the Roman Mars's cult mythology
ENT_ROM_MARS,SRC_ROMAN_OCD,scholarly attestation Mars ENT_ROM_MARS Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries SRC_ROMAN_OCD scholarly attestation Attested in Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries.
ENT_ROM_MARS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation Mars ENT_ROM_MARS Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID direct attestation Mars is father of Romulus (implied throughout the Aeneid's Trojan-to-Roman arc); patron of war; 1.274-277 (Romulus destined to found Rome); 9.717 (invoked in battle). The Aeneid reinforces Mars's role as divine ancestor of the Roman people.

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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]);