Roger Pearse

Dear all,

Does anyone have convenient access to the CIL? I'm told that all the ancient evidence relating to the feast of the "dies natalis solis invicti" was gathered by Th. Mommsen (Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, 12, p. 338). I'd very much like a copy of that page or pages, if anyone could locate it. Is there very much?

The only literary item known to me is the entry in the Chronography of 354, which lists the 25th December as 'natalis invicti'. This does not tell me much. There might be other bits, of course.

I am told that the feast reached its climax of popularity under Aurelian in 274, but I wonder whether the evidence actually says that.

I haven't any access to a library at the moment, which is why I ask.

All the best,

Roger Pearse