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The spiritual world and deities of gladiators in Roman amphitheatres in the territory of present-day Croatia

Marin Buovac ; Đure Basaričeka 4, HR – 23000 Zadar


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Abstract

Based on physical finds and historical sources, this work constitutes an attempt to reconstruct the presence of so-called gladiatorial deities in the Eastern Adriatic seaboard and Pannonia. Also considered are certain deities and protagonists from Graeco-Roman mythology who, besides their customary attributes, acquired individual protective qualities and thus assumed a specific relationship to the gladiatorial world. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the author backs his conclusions with historical sources, epigraphic materials, archaeological artefacts, onomastic research, archival and other types of data.

Keywords

amphitheatre; Roman gladiators; Nemesis; griffins; iconography; shrine

Hrčak ID:

117912

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/117912

Publication date:

18.3.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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