Kulti i hyjneshës Nemesis në Dardani
The Cult of Goddess Nemesis in Roman Dardania

Summary/Abstract: Few years ago an altar was found in Banja Malishevës. From the inscription on it it’s understood that the monument was raised by the member of Roman army called M. Ulpius Saturninus, and it was dedicated to the Greek goddess of reverence, justice and protector of mineworkers, gladiators and soldiers Nemesis. Due to the couples of Roman consuls mentioned in the inscription the monument was raised in 250 BC. Previous found altars in Mitrovica e Kosovës, Soçanica and Scupi were dedicated to the same goddess. According to the data that the inscriptions offer, we can come to a conclusion that the honoring of goddess’s Nemesis’ cult was spread in Dardania from Rome during the 2nd century AD, existed until the middle of the 3rdcentury, geographically was limited to Northern part of ancient Dardania (southern part of today’s FYR of Macedonia and a large part of Kosovo), mainly in urban regions, while the dedicators of the altars were mainly members of Roman army, respectively of the legions IV Flavia (quarta Flavia) and VII Claudia (septima Claudia) and high officials of Roman state administration in Dardania.

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