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    STUDIA HISTORIA - Issue no. 1 / 2016  
         
  Article:   ASPECTS OF THE CULT OF SILVANUS AT ALBURNUS MAIOR.

Authors:  OVIDIU ȚENTEA. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  In this study we proposed to review certain aspects of the cult of Silvanus starting from more recent epigraphic finds, with special focus on those yielded by the archaeological excavations in building E2 on Carpeni Hill. The altars set up in this building, in use after the dismantling of the public baths, are the expression of devotion acts performed within a building, whose specific functionality we hope to determine following subsequent research. We have discussed herein the statistical data on the space diffusion of the finds at Alburnus Maior, their analysis according to the archaeological context, the epithets of the deity and origin of the names of the dedicants. The cult of Silvanus has reached Alburnus Maior from Dalmatia, with certain peculiarities from this area present. We suppose that an ancestral deity, highly popular, was worshipped under this name, who later was given the Latin name of Silvanus. Another peculiarity of this cult at Alburnus Maior is represented by the collective dedications made in the name of the k(astellum) Ansi(s) community or of a college. 

Keywords: Alburnus Maior, Silvanus, interpretatio Illyrica, Dalmatia, balnea
 
         
     
         
         
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