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Papers from a 1984 conference: Barry Cunliffe (pp 1-14), The sanctuary of Sulis Minerva at Bath: a brief review [monumental surroundings for the sacred spring, late 3rd cent developments, iconography]; P D Horne (15-24), Roman or Celtic temples? A case study [Avenches in Switzerland: plan reconstructed with classical pronaos within Romano-Celtic temple; British comparisons]; H J M Green (29-55), Religious cults at Roman Godmanchester [up-to-date catalogue of shrines, temples, and religious objects, with comment on Sky/Earth pairs of divinities, etc]; G Webster (57-64), What the Britons required from the gods as seen through the pairing of Roman and Celtic deities and the character of votive offerings [healing, protection, etc]; Miranda Green (65-75), Jupiter, Taranis and the Solar Wheel [sky god sometimes associated with Celtic thunderer and ancient sun god]; L S Oaks (77-83), The Goddess Epona: concepts of sovereignty in a changing landscape [Epona among the Aedui; also use of elephants by imperial power]; R Merrifield (85-92), The London hunter-god [Southwark Cathedral sculpture, together with Bevis Marks and Goldsmith's Hall figures: hunter, warrior and hound-master, syncretism]; C Johns (93-103), Faunus and Thetford: an early Latian deity in Late Roman Britain [Thetford as centre of Bacchus-Faunus cult?]; Eve Harris (105-11), Words and meanings: A CCIPE E T VTERE FELIX [association of Vivas/Misce slogans with burial rites]. J P Alcock (113-33), The concept of Genius in Roman Britain [Genii, Lares, and Junones collected; neglect of Juno cult in Britain where Matres held sway]; Valerie J Hutchinson (135-45), The cult of Bacchus in Roman Britain [complex and powerful cult, ill understood as yet]; E W Black (147-58), Christian and pagan hopes of salvation in Romano-British mosaics [identifies a recurrent pagan concern with apotheosis, even salvation]; Martin Henig (159-69), Ita intellexit numine inductus tuo: some personal interpretations of deity in Roman Britain [new gods in the Empire, new images of the ivine in RB, mosaics and mysteries, etc]; also papers of non-British reference. |