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# In the month named after Mars, let us remember the god of war and the patron god of the Eternal City
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-mesiats-nazvannyi-v-chest-marsa-vspomnim-boga-voiny-i-boga-pokrovitelia-vechnogo-goroda/
- Published: 2019-03-02T09:36:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:44:12.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Archaeology, Faith, Art, Museums, Rome

In the month named after Mars, let us remember the god of war and the patron god of the Eternal City. The front face of the altar from the Ostian portico of AD 124, with its bas-relief of Mars, Venus and a goose, has survived rather badly, having probably been smashed by Christians in the fourth century.