Gods, Temples, and Ritual Practices: The Transformation of Religious Ideas and Values in Roman GaulThe Roman conquest of western Europe had many consequences for the local inhabitants; although the social-political and economical circumstances have been investigated thoroughly, very little attention has been paid to effects on religious life. In this book for the first time a consistent description is given of the religious representations and the ritual customs of the populations of northern Gaul. Guiding principle is the proposition that these groups dealt selectively with Roman forms of religious culture. The combination of a new theoretical framework and a clear presentation of a large amount of empirical data make this book of great importance for scientists from various disciplines. |
Contents
ROME AND THE INDIGENOUS SOCIETIES OF NORTHERN GAUL | 27 |
INDIGENOUS COSMOLOGIES AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS | 73 |
CULT PLACES AND TEMPLE COMPLEXES | 131 |
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Agache Alföldy altar stones Apollo archaeology architecture assume Aufaniae Augustus Batavi Binsfeld Bogaers Bonn Brunaux Camulus Cananefates cella CIL XIII civitas civitas capitals classical Colijnsplaat Cologne concept connected context cult buildings cult community cult image cult places Cüppers dedications deity differences elite Empel emperor epigraphical example excavations findspots Gallia Gallo-Roman Gallo-Roman temple Galsterer/Galsterer 1975 Gebrinius goddesses gods groups Hercules ideas imperial indigenous Intarabus interpretation landscape Lenus Lenus Mars linked Loucetius Lower Rhine area Magusanus Mars material culture matronae Mediterranean Mercury military native Nesselhauf 1937 Northern Gaul Ober-Olm origin porticus pre-Roman processual archaeology provinces public cult Raepsaet-Charlier refer regarded regional Reims religious Remi Rhineland ritual Roman army Roman period Rome Rüger settlement social society stockbreeding study area symbolic Tacitus tion traditional Treveri Trier Ubii various villa Vosegus votive inscriptions votum Wightman Xanten Zanker ΑΕ