Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Liber Annuus
Angaben zur Quelle:
70 (2020) 445-468
Keywords:
Gods
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Inscriptions, Greek
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Rome Religion Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
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Decapolis (Jordan, Syria and Israel) Antiquities, Roman
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Eretz Israel Antiquities, Roman
Abstract:
The present study engages with four deities, whose veneration and worship were prevalent in the Decapolis in the Roman period: Ares, Athena, Herakles and Nike. The discussion is based on the architectural, sculptural, epigraphic and numismatic evidence, as well as on small finds (gems). Curiously, only the architectural remains of a single temple, dedicated to Herakles, is preserved in Philadelphia (present-day Amman, Jordan); while for the other deities, no temples appear to have existed in any of the other cities of the Decapolis, not even as a visual representation on coins. Finally, the evidence suggests that the cults of these gods and goddesses existed in both the public (urban) and the private spheres.
DOI:
10.1484/J.LA.5.125234
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