BEYOND ICONOGRAPHY. NOTES ON THE CULT OF THE THRACIAN RIDER IN APULUM Cover Image

BEYOND ICONOGRAPHY. NOTES ON THE CULT OF THE THRACIAN RIDER IN APULUM
BEYOND ICONOGRAPHY. NOTES ON THE CULT OF THE THRACIAN RIDER IN APULUM

Author(s): Csaba Szabó
Subject(s): History
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Dacia; Apulum; Thracian Rider; relief; Roman religion.

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with an unpublised relief of the Thracian Rider, discovered on the territory of the conurbation of Apulum, presenting also the catalogue of the finds and some important features related to the cult. Interpreting the cult as part of religious individuation one can attest the «lived religion» of ancient people in the context of a Roman province.

  • Issue Year: 61/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 62-73
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English