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  • The same year that Domna was linked to Faustina with the title Mater Castrorum, Severus, in a remarkable piece of chutzpah, adopted himself into the Antonine clan by declaring himself the son of Marcus Aurelius.

    Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

  • The title Mater here means simply that Vesta was to her worshippers in a maternal position: "quamvis virginem, indole tamen quadam materna praeditam fuisse nuper exposuit Preunerus," says Henzen, quoting Preuner's _Hestia-Vesta_, an old book but a good one (p. 333).

    The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884

  • Following in the footsteps of Marcus Aurelius’s wife Faustina, another lauded camp follower, she was rewarded with the title Mater Castrorum Mother of the Camp on 14 April 195.

    Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

  • Mater is hilarious and Lightning actually learns a lot of good lessons by the end of the movie.

    Cars 2: New Release Date, Story Details, Short Car-Toons | /Film 2008

  • The so-called Mater Matuta (fifth century B.C.), a mother and child seated on a throne whose sides are winged angels, comes to the U.S. for the first time.

    Etruscan Treasures From Tuscany 2009

  • Novamont of Italy makes a bioplastic called Mater-Bi from corn, wheat and potato starch that went into cups at the Turin Olympics and replaces lampblack and silica in Goodyear's BioTred tires, giving them (Novamont claims) better grip and fuel efficiency with less noise.

    Corn on the Catwalk 2007

  • Only difference was in the case of Saxon aka The Mater it was metal football type aliens, in Blair's case its been the US, EU & the Vatican.

    Rawnsley on Blair on Channel 4 2007

  • It was not as if the Mater were a warm, kindly soul.

    The Virgin and the Gypsy 2003

  • Varro says [317] that Ops was called Mater because she was identical with

    The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884

  • His voice features on 'Music From The Vatican' by Alma Mater, which is up for Album of the Year.

    Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie BreakingNews.ie / TCM 2010

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