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Salvate,

I would be grateful for reference sources for the Interpretatio Romana.  Have 
come across a reference to this in Mitten and Doeringer's Master Bronzes from 
the Classical World, and it seems that it refers to the Roman custom of  
assigning attributes of Roman deities to the deities of conquered peoples, 
with only the characteristic attributes of the indigenous deities kept.  In 
practice in Gaul or Noricum  - would a Celtic deity be known by the Celtic 
name or the Roman name, or perhaps both (Mars-Latobius)?  As far as rites 
associated with the hybrid deity are concerned, I suppose they are for the 
most part unknowable.  Hyphenated names of deities appear fairly often in 
myreading -- the Interpretatio Romana at work?

Thanks!

Valete,

Claire Milne


Thanks!

Valete,

Claire Milne
    





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