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>Napoleon as 'Mars the Peacemaker'
>a popular and known cult in pre-imperial Rome.
>Louis XIV portrays himself as apollo and caesar in arts, as well as sol invictus. Napoleon wears laurel wreaths as emperor, modelling himself on Augustus.
>Mars represents male virility, conquering sexuality, virility of agriculture as well as warfare.

>France has a campus martius

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_de_Mars