2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The development of a Roman self-image on the inscriptions of Ancient North Africa
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26770254
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Shiga University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 古代ローマ / 皇帝礼拝 / カルタゴ / 北アフリカ / ラテン語碑文 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
By analysing the inscriptions about imperial cults, this project aims to show the development of a Roman self-image among the inhabitants of Ancient North Africa.
The imperial cult was introduced to Carthage by a (perhaps foreign) freedman during the reign of Augustus. It came to be managed by a municipal priest by the time of Claudius. Many scholars have emphasised the establishment of a provincial imperial cult in the age of Vespasianus, which shows an inscription from an inland city. However, this inscription was engraved in the age of Commodus; thus, it is necessary to pay more attention to the period of Commodus, by when North African people had already begun to view themselves as ‘Romans’.
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| Free Research Field |
古代ローマ史
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