A Temple of “The Mistress of the Sea” That Was Far from the Shore (the Iseum in Beneventum)

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ID12193643
AuthorsOlga Tomashevich (0000-0003-1462-6699, Lomonosov Moscow State University, corresponding author), Olga V Tomashevich (Moscow Lomonosov State University Moscow Russia)
Year2020
Volume26
Issue2
Pages310-321
Publication date2020-12-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAncient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0929-077X • E-ISSN: 1570-0577
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15700577-12341375
OpenAlexW3114130195
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

The paper discusses the region of Campania as a zone of contact between Rome and Egypt, especially with regard to the cult of Egyptian Isis. Her cult first penetrates into port cities: Puteoli, Pompeii and, possibly at an even earlier date, Cumae. Later Rome, as the capital of the empire, affected each and every thing, including the spread of Isidic cult. The focus of our attention is the Iseum in Beneventum built by Domitian who obviously liked to present himself as a dominus et deus in a truly pharaonic spirit

Ancient history · Art · Capital (architecture · Capital city · Cult · Economic geography · Empire · Geography · Port (circuit theory · Shore · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Engineering · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Geology · Oceanography

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