Wednesday 20 June 2018

Asuman Lätzer-Lasar presents a working paper on 'Challenging the Concept of “Landscape Biography” – Theoretical Considerations on Cult Transfers in the Roman Empire by Using the Case Study of the Mater Magna Veneration'

During the Roman Republic and the Imperial period cults or religion(s) were introduced to different places for various reasons. Religion as a constitutive element of especially ancient societies had a high impact on culture, the shaping of the urban space and urban life, as well as their religious beliefs. However, the spatial dimension as well as the urban actors (emperors, aediles, priests, individual adherent) did also influence religious practices, and consequently lead to religious change. By using the example of a case study – the Mater Magna veneration – the paper seeks to evaluate in what regard the concept of a “landscape biography” might be useful for the discussion of concrete archaeological contexts. The paper will focus on the so-called “place-making”: How was the deity and its sanctuaries situated and integrated in the previously existing city-scape? How did the city-scape, urban life and the history of the city transform?

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