Cultos y religión en el noroeste de la Península Ibérica en el Alto Imperio romano: nuevas perspectivas

Abstract

The evolution of local cults, which are characteristic of the northwestern regions of Spain under the Empire, calls for a methodological re-consideration similar to the one applied to "Romanization". Closer attention paid to the monuments and the places of worship, to their areas in the new context of the city, whether of municipal rank or not, leads to a better assessment and differentiation of the diversified and complex transformations of pre-Roman communities and religious practices. It is also necessary to make a distinction between private and public cults. The unquestionable changes undergone by local societies were not uniform. Like their political strategies, the elites' religious strategies contributed to the emergence of a new and varying religious landscape and different relationships that the citizens had with divine powers on an individual or a collective basis.