Stations of the Publicum Portorium Illyrici are a Strong
Predictor of the Mithraic Presence in the Danubian Provinces :
Geographical Analysis of the Distribution of the Roman Cult of
Mithras

J 2024

Stations of the Publicum Portorium Illyrici are a Strong Predictor of the Mithraic Presence in the Danubian Provinces : Geographical Analysis of the Distribution of the Roman Cult of Mithras

CHALUPA, Aleš, Tomáš GLOMB and Juraj SARKISJAN

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Original name

Stations of the Publicum Portorium Illyrici are a Strong Predictor of the Mithraic Presence in the Danubian Provinces : Geographical Analysis of the Distribution of the Roman Cult of Mithras

Authors

CHALUPA, Aleš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Tomáš GLOMB (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Juraj SARKISJAN (703 Slovakia)

Edition

Open Archeology, Warsaw, De Gruyter, 2024, 2300-6560

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

60304 Religious studies

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.900 in 2023

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/24:00137655

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opar-2024-0020

UT WoS

001354676100001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85209661604

Keywords in English

the Roman cult of Mithras; Roman religion; publicum portorium Illyrici; spatial proximity analysis

Abstract

V originále

The article examines the relationship between the Roman cult of Mithras and members of the publicum portorium Illyrici, the Roman customs office active in the Danubian provinces, who have been discussed in previous research as potentially important carriers of this cult. To investigate this relationship and its extent, spatial proximity analysis is performed with respect to documented portorium stations and confirmed Mithraic finds. For comparative purposes, the spatial proximity between portorium stations and finds relating to other selected Graeco-Roman deities was also examined. On the basis of the results of this analysis, it is possible to conclude that Mithraic finds are located significantly closer to customs stations than those of other Graeco-Roman deities (with the exception of Jupiter, the main Graeco-Roman god) and that the presence of a portorium station strongly predicts the presence of a Mithraic cult at a given site or in its immediate vicinity, especially in the Western cluster of portorium provinces. Thus, in a nuanced form and using a quantitative method of geographical analysis, the study supports previous conclusions about the importance of portorium officials as a social group significantly involved in the spread of the Roman cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.

Links

CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004595, interní kód MU

Name: Za hranice bezpečnosti: role konfliktu v posilování odolnosti

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Beyond Security: Role of Conflict in Resilience-Building, Priority 1 - Research and development

EH22_008/0004595, research and development project

Name: Za hranice bezpečnosti: role konfliktu v posilování odolnosti

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CHALUPA, Aleš, Tomáš GLOMB and Juraj SARKISJAN. Stations of the Publicum Portorium Illyrici are a Strong Predictor of the Mithraic Presence in the Danubian Provinces : Geographical Analysis of the Distribution of the Roman Cult of Mithras. Open Archeology. Warsaw: De Gruyter, 2024, vol. 10, No 1, p. 1-16. ISSN 2300-6560. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opar-2024-0020.

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CHALUPA, Aleš, Tomáš GLOMB and Juraj SARKISJAN. Stations of the Publicum Portorium Illyrici are a Strong Predictor of the Mithraic Presence in the Danubian Provinces : Geographical Analysis of the Distribution of the Roman Cult of Mithras. \textit{Open Archeology}. Warsaw: De Gruyter, 2024, vol.~10, No~1, p.~1-16. ISSN~2300-6560. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opar-2024-0020.

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