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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Mohr Siebeck
[2020]
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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
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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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