James Hunter
King's College London, Classics, Alumnus
- Classics, Roman Religion, Roman Britain, Greek and Roman Housing, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, and 23 moreAncient History, Roman History, Identity (Culture), Roman Army, Roman military archaeology, Roman North Africa (Archaeology), Roman Iconography, Roman Mosaics, Roman houses, Romano-British history and archaeology, Greek and Roman Gods & Goddesses, Hadrian's Wall (Archaeology), Roman vicus, Roman Wales, Cologne, Romanitas, Roman military equipment, Art History, Landscape Archaeology, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Frontiers (Archaeology), Borders and Frontiers, and Roman Archaeologyedit
This fragmentary dedicatory inscription was discovered in 1954 amongst the debris at the eastern end of the London Mithraeum, on one of the later floors.
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This funerary inscription has been the subject of very little scholarly debate since it was first discovered, apparently in 1905. It has been most extensively dealt with by Olcott’s journal article of 1908 (though even his discussion is... more
This funerary inscription has been the subject of very little scholarly debate since it was first discovered, apparently in 1905. It has been most extensively dealt with by Olcott’s journal article of 1908 (though even his discussion is limited, and certainly does not consider fully the context of the inscription within the wider funerary culture of Roman Italy).
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Visual communication between mortals and their gods, whether direct or indirect, was part of a long tradition in the ancient world. However, little is known about how this aspect of religion manifested itself in Roman Britain, since the... more
Visual communication between mortals and their gods, whether direct or indirect, was part of a long tradition in the ancient world. However, little is known about how this aspect of religion manifested itself in Roman Britain, since the very nature of visions required somebody to announce that one had occurred. Epigraphy can improve the historian’s understanding of the extent to which a traditional facet of Roman religion was transferred to a far-flung province of the empire.
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The concept of a geographic cultural division in Roman Britain was that favoured by scholars for many decades, and arguably remains so. This paper will argue that the division was not as marked as originally suggested.