Tractatus
“Oriental” gods as a romanizing factor? A case study from the Danube Limes
A study of the religious landscape of the Carnuntum and Vindobona hinterland, with particular attention to Mithraic communities and their relationship with the provincial capital.
In the hinterland of two military bases on the Upper Pannonian Limes, Carnuntum and Vindobona, a comprehensive survey of all cult-relevant stone monuments has been carried out in recent years. It offers an insight into the religious topography of a rural region in which a very heterogeneous popu-lation lived in the first three centuries CE. The particularly strong presence of the so-called Oriental Cults, especially the cult of Mithras, is striking. The study examines whether this overview allows a statement to be made about the role of these cults in the provincial Roman population of this region and the extent to which they were influenced by the cult communities of the provincial capital Carnuntum.
