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'}

15 rows where source_id = "SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ"

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Link entity_id source_id evidence_type source_note
ENT_ITA_CARMENTA,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Carmenta ENT_ITA_CARMENTA Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Antiquitates (frags.): Carmenta as Camena and prophetess.
ENT_ITA_FAUNUS,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Faunus ENT_ITA_FAUNUS Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (frags.): Faunus as di indigetes; testimony preserved in Augustine, City of God 18.15.
ENT_ITA_FLORA,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Flora ENT_ITA_FLORA Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Antiquitates (frags.): flamen Floralis and archaic festival; LL 5.74 on Sabine etymology.
ENT_ITA_OPS,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Ops ENT_ITA_OPS Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation LL VI.21: Opiconsivia and Opalia as archaic Roman festivals; Antiquitates on Ops as Sabine deity.
ENT_ITA_PICUS,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Picus ENT_ITA_PICUS Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Antiquitates (frags.): Picus as di indigetes of Latium.
ENT_ITA_SILVANUS,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Silvanus ENT_ITA_SILVANUS Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Antiquitates (frags.): Silvanus as di indigetes; boundary and forest function.
ENT_ROM_GENIUS,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Genius ENT_ROM_GENIUS Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Varro's taxonomy places Genius in the category of di selecti (chosen gods); City of God 7.13; the fullest ancient account of the genius system.
ENT_ROM_JANUS,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Janus ENT_ROM_JANUS Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Varro devotes special analysis to Janus (City of God 7.9); notes that Janus is uniquely Roman with no Greek equivalent and represents beginnings/doorways. Key source for Janus theology.
ENT_ROM_JUNO,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Juno ENT_ROM_JUNO Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Varro's account of Juno as soul element (air) and queen of the gods; City of God 7.11.
ENT_ROM_JUPITER,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Varro treats Jupiter as the supreme deity of civic (political) theology; cited in Augustine City of God 7.9-11. Varro distinguishes the philosophical Jupiter (soul of the world) from the civic cult figure.
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_MANES,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Manes ENT_ROM_MANES Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Varro on di Manes as the souls of the departed; City of God 7.6; standard ancient classification.
ENT_ROM_PENATES,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Penates ENT_ROM_PENATES Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Varro identifies the Penates with the di selecti (principal gods) rather than the Trojan household gods; City of God 7.5.
ENT_ROM_SATURN,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Saturn ENT_ROM_SATURN Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Varro's Saturn as seed/sowing deity; City of God 7.13. Varro offers the canonical Roman allegorization of Saturn.
ENT_ROM_VESTA,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Vesta ENT_ROM_VESTA Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Varro's identification of Vesta with the earth (terra); City of God 7.16; differs from the more common fire identification and is Varro's distinctive contribution.

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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]);