英语翻译Main article:Sol InvictusDies Natalis Solis Invicti mean

英语翻译Main article:Sol InvictusDies Natalis Solis Invicti means "the birthday of the unconquered sun".Modern scholars have argued that the festival was placed on the date of thesolstice because this was on this day that the Sun reversed its southwardretreat and proved itself to be "unconquered".[citation needed] Some earlyChristian writers connected the rebirth of the sun to the birth of Jesus.[9]"O,how wonderfully acted Providence that on that day on which that Sunwas born...Christ should be born",Cyprian wrote.[9] JohnChrysostom also commented on the connection:"They call it the'Birthday of the Unconquered'.Who indeed is so unconquered as Our Lord ..."[9]Although Dies Natalis Solis Invicti has been the subject of a greatdeal of scholarly speculation,.[citation needed] the onlyancient source for it is a single mention in the Chronography of 354,and modern Sol scholarSteven Hijmans argues that there is no evidence that the celebration precedesthat of Christmas:[20]"[W]hile the winter solstice on or around the 25th of December was wellestablished in the Roman imperial calendar,there is no evidence that areligious celebration of Sol on that day antedated the celebration ofChristmas,and none that indicates that Aurelian had a hand in itsinstitution."[20]