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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