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Dilyana Boteva: The Rider of the Thracians: How to read his messages? Gabrielle Kremer: Carnuntum and its Pantheon Predavanja na engleskom jeziku petak, 14. studenoga 2025. Sudjelovanje je besplatno Predavanja su dostupna UŽIVO I ONLINE putem Zoom platforme https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81856815230?pwd=xNDhrfaub638D066yhWcdpUdbRwC9R.1 Meeting ID: 818 5681 5230 Dilyana Boteva (Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski): The Rider of the Thracians: How to read his messages? Thousands of monuments (reliefs and statuettes) originating from ancient Thrace or from places where Thracians were stations throughout the Roman Empire represent a Rider in different scenes. The interpretation of these artifacts has been a matter of debate since the very beginning after they were recognized as a phenomenon by the French classicist Albert Dumont back in 1868. He was the one who invented the notion “le cavalier thrace” and “le Heros thrace”; however, only a year later he put forward the dilemma of “les cavalier thrace” not “le cavalier thrace” explaining it with a possible connection with the cult of the death. The following presentation deals with fifteen almost entirely preserved (and numerous fragmentary) votive plaques of the so called Thracian Rider(s) depict the motif of a (kneeling) bull attacked by a lion in the main register of the relief. Within these monuments one can recognize three different iconographic designs of the motif in question: 1) the two animals are engaged in a severe battle; 2) the bull ‒ still not grasped by the lion ‒ however lying on the ground behind an altar; 3) the most popular design represents the bull kneeling on the ground and already dominated by the lion. The suggested so far in the literature explanations of this motif as a reminder of the gladiatorial arena or within the astronomical /astrological context, are unconvincing and alternative solution is needed. A careful analysis of the syntax of these 15 votive reliefs within the entire database of all the entirely preserved reliefs of the Thracian Rider(s) offered a possibility, which sounds totally unexpected but still, in my opinion, worth being discussed by the experts in ancient cults.
Gabrielle Kremer (Austrian Archaeological Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences): Carnuntum and its Pantheon A large number of artefacts relating to Roman religion have been found in the ancient city of Carnuntum, the administrative capital of the Roman province of Pannonia Superior. Viewed as a whole, they provide an impressive insight into religious practices at this settlement and military centre on the Danube Limes during the first three centuries AD. These activities paint a diverse picture and can be interpreted as a reflection of ancient reality. They allow conclusions to be drawn about official events and strategies of the imperial and local administration, but also about the everyday concerns and hardships of the population. They also give an impression of different cultural identities and their more or less successful integration. As in all other cities of the Roman Empire, numerous cults of Eastern origin have been documented in Carnuntum in addition to the traditional deities of the Greco-Roman pantheon. The significance, development, and integration of these cults into the ‘local pantheon’ are among the exciting questions of religious history at this site. The tablets of the so-called Danubian Riders form a small but special group of objects, the relevance of which to the local pantheon cannot be determined with certainty because the archaeological context is missing in many cases. Nevertheless, they offer some paradigmatic insights into the mechanisms by which different religious ideas fused in the provincial environment of the later Roman Empire. |
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