Sökning: "Roman cults"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden Roman cults.

  1. 1. Ritual Incubation in Graeco-Roman Egypt

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Christie Gutierrez Haddad; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Incubation; Graeco-Roman Egypt; Divination; cults; oracles; sanctuaries; Inkubation; Grekisk-romerska Egypten; spådom; kulter; orakel; helgedomar;

    Sammanfattning : This essay explores the divinatory practice of incubation in ancient Egypt during the Graeco-Roman period with a particular focus on the magical and religious significance of the practice. Two main sanctuaries, Abydos and Deir el-Bahari have been investigated with a focus on the gods Bes and Osiris in the former and Amenhotep and Imhotep in the latter. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Vestiges of Roman Cult Religion and Household Deities in the Northern Barbaricum: A study of statuettes and other anthropomorphic figures from Barbaricum, Britannia Superior and the Roman heartlands

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :David Stuart Parker; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Lares; penates; genius; anthropomorphic figures; household deities; domestic religion; cult worship; lararium; romanisation; hybridisation; animism; Romans; Roman cults; Roman Britain; Roman Iron Age; tribal societies; classical art.; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : This text serves as a fresh approach to the study of Roman influence on the Scandinavian region. This is achieved through the medium of various bronze statuettes, both from the Roman Empire itself as well as in the form of locally-produced anthropomorphic figures. LÄS MER

  4. 3. In the Cave of Mysteries: Analyzing Ritual Space within the Roman Cult of Mithras through the examples of Santa Prisca, Walbrook, and Carrawburgh

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Författare :Adam Norberg; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Mithras; ritual; mithraeum; space; practice; movement; presentation; Santa Prisca; Walbrook; Carrawburgh;

    Sammanfattning : The Mysteries of Mithras, dedicated to the eponymous Persian divinity, was one of several mystery cults of the ancient world. It flourished during the second and third centuries CEthroughout the Roman Empire, but with special frequency in Italy and the frontier provinces along the Rhine and Danube. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Bona Dea Cult

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Författare :Ylva Hallvig; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Bona Dea; Roman Republic; Women; Freedmen; Slaves; Cults.;

    Sammanfattning : This essay concern the Bona Dea cult and women in the Roman Republic. By using ancient literary sources and inscriptions the different aspects of the cult is examined from a gender and an intersectional perspective. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Kulten till de flaviska kejsarna i Efesos under Domitianus

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens historia; Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Anna Enberg; [2010]
    Nyckelord :kejsarkult; Efesos; Mindre Asien; Domitianus; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : “The cult of the flavian emperors in Ephesos during the reign of Domitian” is an attempt to investigate the influence of an imperial provincial cult on the life of a city in the eastern parts of the Roman empire. Through the study of diffrent types of sourcematerials (archaeological, ephigrafical, numismatic and literary) the aim is to trace the influence that the new cult had on different levels of society. LÄS MER