Походът на „демона“ Александър между сакралното и профанното
The March of the Demon Alexander between the Sacred and the Profane

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with a curious event, described by Cassius Dio – a bacchic procession, led by certain “deamon”, “spirit” that claimed to be Alexander the Great, passed through the Roman provinces of Moesia and Thrace and crossed the strait of Bosporus. The event is approached in scientific literature as an imitation both of Alexander of Macedon’s campaign in Thracian lands and Caracalla’s own version of imitatio Alexandri, but there is more to be added. Caracalla’s imitatio probably intended to present a good omen for his campaign against the Parthic Empire and thus, the procession of Pseudo-Alexander seems to be organized as an imitation of Caracalla’s pompous travel and is probably organized by the Bacchic adherents nearby the camps of the Roman legions – an inscription from Boutovo (Nedan), near the Roman camp of Novae seem to present a documental evidence for one of the societies concerned.

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