Janus
c. 600 BCE – 400 CEattested
Rome
- Roman
Two-faced god of doorways, beginnings and the moment of transition. The doors of his shrine stood open in wartime and shut in peace, which over eight centuries happened only a handful of times.
Known for
- the threshold
- looking both ways at once
- doors open in war
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.