Original scientific paper
Conventus Liburnorum, conventus Scardonitanus Sicut homines, et lapides sua fata habent.
Dino Demicheli
orcid.org/0000-0002-5911-7903
; Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, University of Zagreb
Abstract
The article analyzes a new fragment of an inscription
from Skradin which mentions the conventus in Scardona.
An interesting fact is that this fragment was found in
Trogir, over 60 km from Skradin, during research into
the Benedictine Convent of St. Nicholas. The connection
of the two fragments helps to supplement the previous
reading and allows for something of an expanded
restitution, and verifies the first epigraphic mention of
a conventus iuridicus in Dalmatia. An interpretation
of this key place in the inscription which mentions a
conventus in Scardona has led to the assumption that
its name was conventus Liburnorum. This conclusion
was reached by taking into consideration the previous
knowledge of the regional imperial cult in the territory
of Liburnia, as well as a comparison with conventus
names in Hispanian provinces. An analysis of the first
fragment had already led to the conclusion that it is important
primarily from the standpoint of the regional
imperial cult in Liburnian territory, which was venerated
by the indigenous peregrine population, whose
religious practices had already been previously epigraphically
confirmed in this context. The inscription
was very likely installed in a temple built during the
time of Emperor Titus, as propaganda for the Flavian
dynasty’s cult, which also became a place for worship
of the regional imperial cult by the Liburnian peregrine
community.
Keywords
Dalmatia; Liburnia; inscriptions; Tragurium; Scardona; conventus iuridici; conventus Liburnorum; Hispania; regional imperial cult; Vespasian
Hrčak ID:
152632
URI
Publication date:
23.12.2015.
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