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    STUDIA HISTORIA - Issue no. 1 / 2014  
         
  Article:   BOOK REVIEW - RĂZVAN MATEESCU, (THE HISTORIES OF A TEMPLE), BIBLIOTECA MUSEI NAPOCENSIS XXXVIII, CLUJ-NAPOCA: MEGA, 2012.

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  Abstract:  Interpreted and labelled in different manners over time, the great circular temple from Sarmizegetusa Regia is, beyond doubt, one of the most controversial monuments from the Romanian historiography. Such an assessment is obvious due to the multitude of theories surrounding the topic, some of them overstressing the scientific knowledge of the Dacians transposed into the architecture of the building, others wrapping in mystery or religious mysticism any kind of logical base for an interpretation. Accordingly, Răzvan Mateescu’s task was neither easy, nor convenient. Although this was not the main goal of the book, the subject itself forced the author to deal with all kind of approaches and different functionalities ascribed to this structure by archaeologists, historians or, sometimes, just amateurs who conceived as a personal task sharing what they knew about the assertively deep and hidden meaning of the monument.  
         
     
         
         
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