aurelian

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Behind me, if I craned my neck, I could see a slice of the Aurelian Walls.

From New York Times

In the late third century AD, the Roman emperor Aurelian established an official religion, based on a popular sun cult, to help bond the empire together.

From The Guardian

The date seems to have been chosen to replace the prior festival, decreed by Aurelian, of the unconquered sun – Sol Invictus.

From The Guardian

Each has its own specialty in “Ninth House”: Skull and Bones practices divination using human entrails; St. Elmo conjures storms; Aurelian does fantastical things with books and language, at one point curing a novelist’s writer’s block with a ritual involving the exchange of blood and ink.

From New York Times

Inside the city’s Aurelian walls, dating to the 3rd century A.D., are other hills — the Vatican, Pincian and Janiculum — sporting expansive parks.

From Washington Post