It is a noteworthy curiosity that the opening of the Janus was perhaps the last act connected to the ancient religion in Rome: Procopius writesProcopius De Bello Gothico I 25. that in 536, during the Gothic War, while general Belisarius was under siege in Rome, at night somebody opened the Janus Geminus stealthily, which had stayed closed since the 390 edict of Theodosius I that banned the ancient cults. Janus was faithful to his liminal role also in the marking of this last act.R. Schilling above p. 89.
It is a noteworthy curiosity that the op.ening of the Janus was perhaps the last act connected to the ancient religion in Rome: Procopius writesProcopius De Bello Gothico I 25 that in 536, during the Gothic War, while general Belisarius was under siege in Rome, at night somebody opened the Janus Geminus stealthily, which had stayed closed since the 390 edict of Theodosius I that banned the ancient cults. Janus was faithful to his liminal role also in the marking of this last act.R. Schilling above p. 89.