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Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
Author:
Francisco Marco Simón
Summary
Recent research has increasingly questioned the “grand dichotomy” between “Paganism” and Christianity and brings into light the prominence of spaces with shared meanings in diverse cults related to mystic beliefs and practices. An excellent example is Vibia's tomb within Praetextatus' catacomb, on the Via Appia. Dated to the 4th century AD, this place combines epigraphy and a fascinating iconography pointing to a mystic initiation of the deceased within a syncretic context.
Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
Author:
Tünde Vágási
(IDR-3-3, 231 – LLDB-9055) and from Rome: signum Boni Eventui pro signum Boni Eventus (AE 1971, 29 – LLDB-143782). In all cases, however, the context may again have confused the engraver, “by order of Iupiter Sabazius an altar was erected to Liber
