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Lares
Sign in to savethumb|Lar holding a cornucopia from Axatiana (now Lora del Rio) in [[Roman Spain, early first century AD (National Archaeological Museum of Spain)]]
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- tutelary spirit
- Image
- Lar romano de bronce (M.A.N. Inv.2943) 01.jpg
- Residence
- lararium
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- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Lares
- worshipped by
- ancient Roman religion
- culture
- Ancient Rome
- time period
- classical antiquity
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Origins and development
- Their domains
- {{lang|la|Lares Praestites}}
- Others
- Domestic Lares
- ''Lararia''{{anchor|Lararium}}
- Compitalia
- Augustan religious reforms
- Origin myths and theology
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|Lar holding a cornucopia from Axatiana (now Lora del Rio) in [[Roman Spain, early first century AD (National Archaeological Museum of Spain)]]
Lares ( , ; archaic , singular ) were guardian deities in ancient Roman religion. Their origin is uncertain; they may have been hero-ancestors, guardians of the hearth, fields, boundaries, or fruitfulness, or an amalgam of these.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lares” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.