La problématique de Sol Invictus. Le cas de la Dacie Romain

This study deals with the problem of the difficult attribution of inscriptions dedicated to Sol Invictus, which some authors have interpreted as Mithraic monuments, some as inscriptions belonging to the Syrian god Sol Invictus Elagabal and others, finally, to a Roman Sol Invictus, unconnected with any Eastern influences or Eastern origin. The issue of these multiple epigraphic monuments is of great importance for the study of the diffusion of Mithraism, of the worship of the Syrian deity, and in general for the study of Roman cults of Eastern origin. Departing from theoretical considerations found in the existing literature and through the application of a comparative methodology with monuments from other parts of the Empire, the specific case of Roman Dacia is introduced with a detailed and individual analysis of epigraphic sources associated with the problem, made all the more complicated by the fact that in these inscriptions no explicit mention of Elagabal is made

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