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A throne is the official chair or seat upon which a monarch is seated on state or ceremonial occasions. "Throne" in an abstract sense can also refer to the monarchy or the Crown itself, and is also used in many terms such as " the power behind the throne."
Thrones have been the symbol of monarchs and gods since ancient times. The throne was used for coronation ceremonies and to lift the king up above all others present. Thrones were since then directly associated with royal power.
The Greeks (according to HomerFor other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). Homer ( Greek Ὅμηρος Hómēros was a legendary (or perhaps mythical) early Greek poet traditionally credited with authorship of the major Greek epics Iliad a) were known to place additional, empty thrones in the royal palacePalais de la Cit in Paris, the royal palace of France. Viewed from the back, across the Seine River, with the Sainte Chapelle on the right side. Painted in the 1410s. This article refers to royal residences. For more information on the graphical virtual rs and templeThe word temple has different meanings in the fields of architecture, religion, geography, anatomy, and education. Religion A temple is a structure reserved for religious worship or sacrifice. Some religions use this generic term: Buddhism ( Shaolin) Temps so that the gods could be present when they wished to be. The most famous of these thrones was the throne of Apollo in Amyclae .
The Romans also had two thrones - one for the EmperorRoman Emperor is the title historians use to refer to the ruler of the Roman Empire. It was not actually used, and there was never actually any single office corresponding to it. Rather, the title "Roman Emperor" is a convenient shorthand for a complicate and one for the goddess RomaIn ancient Rome, Roma was a supposed deity to whom were dedicated some temples and sacred sites. She was really more of a personification representing the Roman State. Roma first appeared in 269 BC on Roman coins from Rome and also on Roman coins from Loc whose statues were seated upon thrones, which became centers of worship.
The HittitesHittites is the conventional English-language term for an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language and established a kingdom centered in Hattusa (the modern village of Bogazkoy in todays's north-central Turkey), through most of the second millen considered thrones to be gods themselves.
The Bible mentions many thrones. God was seated upon a throne and so was King SolomonSolomon or Shlomo ( Hebrew: Standard Hebrew: #X160;lomo Tiberian Hebrew: #X160;lomoh meaning "peace") in the Tanakh ( Old Testament), is the third king of Israel (including Judah), builder of the temple in Jerusalem, renowned for his great wisdom and weal (as God's representative on earth): "Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold" ( Kings 10:18).
In Medieval times the throne of Solomon was associated with Mary. The ivory of the throne represented purity, the gold represented divinity and the six steps of the throne stood for the six virtues .
In the New Testament, Jesus promised his Apostles that they would sit upon "twelve thrones", judging the twelve tribes of Israel ( Matthew 19:28). John's Revelations states: "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away"
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