CHALUPA, Aleš. Networks in the Ancient World: Dissemination of Mithraic Communities in the Roman Empire. In Workshop "Network Theory, Cognitive Science, and Historiography", 1.-4.9.2015, Kavala, Greece. 2015. |
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@proceedings{1315375, author = {Chalupa, Aleš}, booktitle = {Workshop "Network Theory, Cognitive Science, and Historiography", 1.-4.9.2015, Kavala, Greece}, keywords = {The Roman Cult of Mithras; Origines of the Roman Cult of Mithras; Network Theory; Network analysis; ORBIS database}, language = {eng}, title = {Networks in the Ancient World: Dissemination of Mithraic Communities in the Roman Empire}, year = {2015} }
TY - CONF ID - 1315375 AU - Chalupa, Aleš PY - 2015 TI - Networks in the Ancient World: Dissemination of Mithraic Communities in the Roman Empire KW - The Roman Cult of Mithras KW - Origines of the Roman Cult of Mithras KW - Network Theory KW - Network analysis KW - ORBIS database N2 - This paper explores the possible merits of two theoretical approaches which might contribute to the clarification of the long-term problem of the origins of the Roman cult of Mithras. The first of these approaches is a network theory which has recently been applied, with impressive results, to many aspects of the ancient world. This paper will argue that especially the model for a small world network and the hypotheses highlighting the importance of so called "weak links" for the dissemination of cultural innovations can have a huge impact on our understanding of the social dynamics of the Roman Cult of Mithras. The second theoretical approach involves computational modeling, taking into account various cognitive, social and ecological variables. It will be argued that this type of computational modeling can help to identify important connections between variables which would otherwise remain obscure for the traditional historically oriented research. ER -
CHALUPA, Aleš. Networks in the Ancient World: Dissemination of Mithraic Communities in the Roman Empire. In \textit{Workshop ''Network Theory, Cognitive Science, and Historiography'', 1.-4.9.2015, Kavala, Greece}. 2015.
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