Religious topography of Thugga (Dougga). Roman city in proconsular Africa (Tunisia).
Ausonius| N° d'inventaire | 23261 |
| Format | 16.5 x 23 |
| Détails | 432 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Bordeaux, 2004 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782910023461 |
A city of Libyan origin, once annexed to the territory of Punic Carthage, Thugga was incorporated into Africa Nova in 46 BC. The city rises on the side of a hill, overlooking the ancient road from Carthage to Theveste, which was the commercial and strategic nerve of the province. Archaeological and epigraphic sources relating to religious life cover a period extending from the reign of Massinissa to that of Diocletian. Twenty-three places of worship, so-called African sanctuaries, Italic temples and simple chapels, have been recognized in the city. One hundred and twenty-three religious inscriptions reveal the names of numerous gods of Roman and local origin. The defining feature of the city's development was the coexistence, for two centuries, of a majority of peregrini, the Thuggenses, and a minority of citizens of Carthage, the Pagans. For a long time they did not share the same institutions or the same pantheon, and the evolution of the legal and cultural relations between these two communities found its expression in the choice of cults that they publicly honored and in the religious development of their respective territories. Summary: FROM THE ANNEXATION OF THE TERRITORY TO THE ROMANIZATION OF SOULS The pre-Roman period The Romanization of municipal and religious frameworks HARMONIZATION OF LEGAL, RELIGIOUS AND MUNICIPAL STATUSES The process of religious and municipal fusion in the 2nd century The pantheon of the new municipality Religious life until the end of the 3rd century THE DIVERSITY AND PROXIMITY OF SANCTUARIES AS AN EXPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS SYNCRETISMS The variety of places of worship The place of the gods in the city
A city of Libyan origin, once annexed to the territory of Punic Carthage, Thugga was incorporated into Africa Nova in 46 BC. The city rises on the side of a hill, overlooking the ancient road from Carthage to Theveste, which was the commercial and strategic nerve of the province. Archaeological and epigraphic sources relating to religious life cover a period extending from the reign of Massinissa to that of Diocletian. Twenty-three places of worship, so-called African sanctuaries, Italic temples and simple chapels, have been recognized in the city. One hundred and twenty-three religious inscriptions reveal the names of numerous gods of Roman and local origin. The defining feature of the city's development was the coexistence, for two centuries, of a majority of peregrini, the Thuggenses, and a minority of citizens of Carthage, the Pagans. For a long time they did not share the same institutions or the same pantheon, and the evolution of the legal and cultural relations between these two communities found its expression in the choice of cults that they publicly honored and in the religious development of their respective territories. Summary: FROM THE ANNEXATION OF THE TERRITORY TO THE ROMANIZATION OF SOULS The pre-Roman period The Romanization of municipal and religious frameworks HARMONIZATION OF LEGAL, RELIGIOUS AND MUNICIPAL STATUSES The process of religious and municipal fusion in the 2nd century The pantheon of the new municipality Religious life until the end of the 3rd century THE DIVERSITY AND PROXIMITY OF SANCTUARIES AS AN EXPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS SYNCRETISMS The variety of places of worship The place of the gods in the city