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Chasing Epigraphy, finding Sanctuaries.Written traces of Roman religion architecture in Dalmatia

Precise insight into the existence of sanctuaries is provided by data from inscriptions that testify to investments in the construction, extension or renovations of sanctuaries and architectural structures that were added to these sanctuaries. In the area of the Croatian Adriatic coast, a total of 58 building inscriptions of votive character were found. These inscriptions testify to the investments in sanctuaries that occur under different names (aedes, templum, fanum, aedicula, spaleum, sacerum), as well as in the architectural objects that were added to these sanctuaries, and the votive gifts which were located inside or in front of the sanctuary. These inscriptions were testimonies of both private evergetism and state munitions, who wanted to convey the message of the good deed done by the inscription and its placement in a public place.

Roman sanctuaries ; Roman religion ; Epigraphy

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