Ptolemaic political activities on the west coast of Hellenistic
Asia Minor had a significant impact on the local spread of the
Isiac cults : A spatial network analysis

J 2020

Ptolemaic political activities on the west coast of Hellenistic Asia Minor had a significant impact on the local spread of the Isiac cults : A spatial network analysis

GLOMB, Tomáš, Adam MERTEL, Zdeněk POSPÍŠIL and Aleš CHALUPA

Basic information

Original name

Ptolemaic political activities on the west coast of Hellenistic Asia Minor had a significant impact on the local spread of the Isiac cults : A spatial network analysis

Authors

GLOMB, Tomáš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Adam MERTEL (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Zdeněk POSPÍŠIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Aleš CHALUPA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

PLOS ONE, San Francisco, Public Library of Science, 2020, 1932-6203

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60304 Religious studies

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.240

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/20:00114186

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230733

UT WoS

000535938700026

Keywords in English

Isiac cults; Spatial network analysis; GIS; ancient Asia Minor

Abstract

V originále

During the reign of the first Ptolemaic kings in Egypt, mainly in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE, the Egyptian cults related to the divine couple of Isis and Sarapis (i.e. the Isiac cults) spread successfully from Egypt to ports and coastal cities of the ancient Mediterranean. The discussion on the topic of the factors involved in the process of the early spread of these cults outside Egypt is still open and, so far, the research in this area has been conducted mainly by using established historiographical methods. However, these methods are limited when dealing with the interplay among different variables involved in complex historical processes. This article aims to overcome these limits by using a quantitative spatial network analysis. The results of our previous published research, which focused on a quantitative evaluation of the impact of individual factors on the early spread of the Isiac cults across the ancient Aegean Islands, suggest that the process was promoted by military and commercial activities of the Ptolemaic dynasty, and that the Ptolemaic military operations were the most influential factor. Following these results, this article focuses on the early spread of the Isiac cults on the west coast of Hellenistic Asia Minor, i.e. the region which the Ptolemies attempted to control in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE. The statistically significant results presented in this article support the hypothesis that the Ptolemaic political engagement in Asia Minor had a positive impact on the early spread of the Isiac cults. The results also suggest that the activities of the Seleucid dynasty, a political rival of the Ptolemies, in the area of interest could have constituted an immunological factor limiting the spread of the Isiac cults further to the eastern parts of Asia Minor.

Links

GA18-07487S, research and development project

Name: Náboženství na sítích antického Středomoří: Role primárních a sekundárních center při šíření náboženských inovací

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

GLOMB, Tomáš, Adam MERTEL, Zdeněk POSPÍŠIL and Aleš CHALUPA. Ptolemaic political activities on the west coast of Hellenistic Asia Minor had a significant impact on the local spread of the Isiac cults : A spatial network analysis. PLOS ONE. San Francisco: Public Library of Science, 2020, vol. 15, No 4, p. 1-20. ISSN 1932-6203. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230733.

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GLOMB, Tomáš, Adam MERTEL, Zdeněk POSPÍŠIL and Aleš CHALUPA. Ptolemaic political activities on the west coast of Hellenistic Asia Minor had a significant impact on the local spread of the Isiac cults : A spatial network analysis. \textit{PLOS ONE}. San Francisco: Public Library of Science, 2020, vol.~15, No~4, p.~1-20. ISSN~1932-6203. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230733.

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