In some cases, Gaulish deity names were used as epithets for Roman deities, and vice versa, as with Lenus Mars or Jupiter Poeninus. In other cases, Roman gods were given Gaulish female partners – for example, Mercury was paired with Rosmerta and Sirona was partnered with Apollo. In at least one case – that of the equine goddess Epona – a native Celtic goddess was also adopted by Romans.
The Jupiter Column was a distinctive type of religious monument from Roman Gaul and Germania, combining an equestrian Jupiter overcoming a giant (or sometimes Jupiter enthroned) with panels depicting many other deities.
Roman religious practices such as offerings of incense and animal sacrifice, dedicatory inscriptions, and naturalistic statuary depicting deities in anthropomorphic form were combined with specific Gaulish practices such as circumambulation around a temple. This gave rise to a characteristic Gallo-Roman fanum, identifiable in archaeology from its concentric shape.
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gallo, roman, religion, fusion, traditional, religious, practices, gauls, were, originally, celtic, speakers, roman, hellenistic, religions, introduced, region, under, roman, imperial, rule, result, selective, acculturation, epona, from, auxoisa, votive, offer. Gallo Roman religion is a fusion of the traditional religious practices of the Gauls who were originally Celtic speakers and the Roman and Hellenistic religions introduced to the region under Roman Imperial rule It was the result of selective acculturation Epona from AuxoisA votive offering to an unnamed deity Contents 1 Deities 2 Practices 3 See also 4 SourcesDeities EditIn some cases Gaulish deity names were used as epithets for Roman deities and vice versa as with Lenus Mars or Jupiter Poeninus In other cases Roman gods were given Gaulish female partners for example Mercury was paired with Rosmerta and Sirona was partnered with Apollo In at least one case that of the equine goddess Epona a native Celtic goddess was also adopted by Romans The Jupiter Column was a distinctive type of religious monument from Roman Gaul and Germania combining an equestrian Jupiter overcoming a giant or sometimes Jupiter enthroned with panels depicting many other deities Eastern mystery religions penetrated Gaul early on These included the cults of Orpheus Mithras Cybele and Isis The imperial cult centred primarily on the numen of Augustus came to play a prominent role in the public religion of Gaul most dramatically at the Sanctuary of the Three Gauls at Lugdunum Practices EditRoman religious practices such as offerings of incense and animal sacrifice dedicatory inscriptions and naturalistic statuary depicting deities in anthropomorphic form were combined with specific Gaulish practices such as circumambulation around a temple This gave rise to a characteristic Gallo Roman fanum identifiable in archaeology from its concentric shape See also EditRoman Gaul Gallo Roman culture Interpretatio romana Celtic mythologySources EditBurnand Y 1999 Notes sur le vocabulaire epigraphique de la representation de la divinite en Gaule romaine in Signa deorum L iconographie divine en Gaule romaine Communications presentees au colloque organise par le Centre Albert Grenier d antiquite nationale de l Universite de Nancy II et la direction d etudes d antiquites de la Gaule romaine de la IVe section de l Ecole pratique des hautes etudes Y Burnand and H Lavagne Paris De Boccard in French Debal J 1983 Vienne en Val divinites et sanctuaires Bulletin de la Societe Archeologique et Historique de l Orleanais 42 in French Deyts S 1998 A la rencontre des Dieux gaulois un defi a Cesar Paris Reunion des Musees Nationaux in French Faudet I 1993 Les temples de tradition celtique en Gaule Romaine Paris Editions Errance ISBN 2 87772 074 8 in French Green M 1986 Gods of the Celts Stroud Sutton Publishing Limited ISBN 0 7509 1581 1 Jufer N Luginbuhl T 2001 Repertoire des dieux gaulois Paris Editions Errance ISBN 2 87772 200 7 in French Weisgerber G 1975 Das Pilgerheiligtum des Apollo und der Sirona von Hochscheid im Hunsruck Bonn Rudolf Habelt Press in German Woolf G 1998 Becoming Roman the origins of provincial civilization in Gaul Cambridge Cambridge University Press This paganism related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article relating to a European folklore is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Ancient Rome related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gallo Roman religion amp oldid 1099754914, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
