The Agency of Civilians, Women, and Britons in the Public Votive Epigraphy of Roman Britain
Charlotte A. Root,
Janet E. Kay,
Noah Kreike-Martin
et al.
Abstract:The Roman army has long been understood to have been centrally responsible for the spread of Roman religious material culture and practices in Britain, especially in public epigraphic contexts. The epigraphic corpus, especially Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB) (Vanderbilt 2022), provides some of the best evidence for understanding what role individual agency played in religious practice, because many of the inscriptions record the occupation, gender, or origins of the dedicator. Despite the fact that public… Show more
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