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Antiquity Studies
Edited book | Writing and Religious Traditions in the Ancient Western Mediterranean
Chapter | The Politeic Inscriptions of Hispania Citerior: Between Personal Devotion and Political Propaganda
The Politeic Inscriptions of Hispania Citerior: Between Personal Devotion and Political Propaganda
- María Dolores Dopico Caínzos - Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, España - email orcid profile
- Armando Redentor - Universidad de Coimbra, España - email
Abstract
In this paper we analyse the polytheistic inscriptions documented in the province of Hispania Citerior. Although they are a small group, only eight inscribed objects are preserved, they provide valuable information about different kinds of deities (numina, genii, lares, divinized abstractions, gods and generic goddesses). Furthermore, most of the devotees pursued long administrative and military careers, which allow us to analyse the political dimension of these cults and their role in the consolidation of the Severan dynasty.
Submitted: April 9, 2025 | Accepted: May 13, 2025 | Published Sept. 24, 2025 | Language: es
Keywords Polytheistic inscriptions • Severan dynasty • Hispania Citerior • Callaecia
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dc.identifier |
ECF_chapter_25613 |
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dc.contributor.author |
Dopico Caínzos María Dolores |
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dc.contributor.author |
Redentor Armando |
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dc.title |
The Politeic Inscriptions of Hispania Citerior: Between Personal Devotion and Political Propaganda |
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dc.type |
Chapter |
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dc.language.iso |
es |
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dc.description.abstract |
In this paper we analyse the polytheistic inscriptions documented in the province of Hispania Citerior. Although they are a small group, only eight inscribed objects are preserved, they provide valuable information about different kinds of deities (numina, genii, lares, divinized abstractions, gods and generic goddesses). Furthermore, most of the devotees pursued long administrative and military careers, which allow us to analyse the political dimension of these cults and their role in the consolidation of the Severan dynasty. |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Antiquity Studies |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Storia ed epigrafia |
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dc.publisher |
Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari |
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dc.issued |
2025-09-24 |
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dc.dateAccepted |
2025-05-13 |
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dc.dateSubmitted |
2025-04-09 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-932-0/las-inscripciones-politeicas-de-la-hispania-citeri/ |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.30687/978-88-6969-931-3/003 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2610-8828 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2610-9344 |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
978-88-6969-932-0 |
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dc.identifier.eisbn |
978-88-6969-931-3 |
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dc.rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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with fulltext |
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open |
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dc.peer-review |
yes |
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dc.subject |
Callaecia |
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dc.subject |
Hispania Citerior |
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dc.subject |
Polytheistic inscriptions |
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dc.subject |
Severan dynasty |
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