The Silence of a God-Fearer: Anonymous Dedication in CIL 6.390a = 30752

This study examines a peculiar votive dedicated to Jupiter Optimus Maximus by an anonymous domini metuens ('worshipper of god') in Rome (CIL 6.390a = 30752, second century CE). Curiously, the dedicant not only omitted their own name but also cloaked the identity of the dominus by excluding...

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Main Author: Last, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Mohr Siebeck [2020]
In: Religion in the Roman empire
Year: 2020, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 75-103
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Roman Empire / Votive offering / Jupiter (Planet), God / Christian / Interreligiosity
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BE Greco-Roman religions
CB Christian life; spirituality
CH Christianity and Society
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
Further subjects:B domini metuens
B Christ worship
B votive
B godfearers
B Stigma
B Jupiter (Planet)
B deum metuens
B Judean-deity worship
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