On the African creeds and the Roman army in Dacia. Some points of view Cover Image

Cultele africane si armata romana din Dacia. Cateva consideratii
On the African creeds and the Roman army in Dacia. Some points of view

Author(s): Atalia Onițiu
Subject(s): Archaeology, Political history, Ancient World
Published by: Editura Mega Print SRL
Keywords: Roman army; religion; Isis; Africa; imperial politics;

Summary/Abstract: The studies on the African creeds published during the last decade remind us the question of the presence of those cults in the invocations performed by the Roman army in Dacia. Even if archeological research did not come with new discoveries and evidences, the new points of view have made me resume the subject and reconsider somehow the previous opinions and hypotheses. I will focus below on the North-Africans deities (Saturnus, Caelestis) and especially the Egyptian ones (Isis, Serapis), the last ones being the object of attention of Romanian and foreign researchers in the same way.

  • Issue Year: 1/2020
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 217-228
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian