The Roman Cult of Mithras and publicum portorium Illyricum in
the Danubian Provinces : Spatial Proximity Analysis

k 2025

The Roman Cult of Mithras and publicum portorium Illyricum in the Danubian Provinces : Spatial Proximity Analysis

CHALUPA, Aleš a Tomáš GLOMB

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Roman Cult of Mithras and publicum portorium Illyricum in the Danubian Provinces : Spatial Proximity Analysis

Autoři

CHALUPA, Aleš a Tomáš GLOMB

Vydání

XXIII International Association for the History of Religions World Congress - OUT OF EUROPE: Studying Religion(s) in Interconnected Worlds, 24 - 30 August 2025, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland, 2025

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60304 Religious studies

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/25:00141906

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova česky

Římský kult boha Mithry; portorium publicum Illyrici; prostorová analýza

Klíčová slova anglicky

Roman Cult of Mithras; portorium publicum Illyrici; spatial proximity analysis

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 9. 2. 2026 12:09, Mgr. et Mgr. Stanislav Hasil, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

The paper 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.

Návaznosti

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

Název: Za hranice bezpečnosti: role konfliktu v posilování odolnosti

Investor: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR, Za hranice bezpečnosti: role konfliktu v posilování odolnosti, Priorita 1 - Výzkum a vývoj

EH22_008/0004595, projekt VaV

Název: Za hranice bezpečnosti: role konfliktu v posilování odolnosti

Citovat

CHALUPA, Aleš a Tomáš GLOMB. The Roman Cult of Mithras and publicum portorium Illyricum in the Danubian Provinces : Spatial Proximity Analysis. In XXIII International Association for the History of Religions World Congress - OUT OF EUROPE: Studying Religion(s) in Interconnected Worlds, 24 - 30 August 2025, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland. 2025.

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CHALUPA, Aleš a Tomáš GLOMB. The Roman Cult of Mithras and publicum portorium Illyricum in the Danubian Provinces : Spatial Proximity Analysis. In \textit{XXIII International Association for the History of Religions World Congress - OUT OF EUROPE: Studying Religion(s) in Interconnected Worlds, 24 - 30 August 2025, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland}. 2025.

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