Reflections of the Orient on the Epigraphic Monuments of Western Roman Lusitania/Reflets de l’Orient sur les Monuments Épigraphiques de la Lusitanie Romaine Occidentale

Abstract

In the Roman epigraphic monuments of the Occidental Lusitania we can see the oriental influence in the adoption of Greek names by the people there mentioned, but this is a cultural influence not the sign of the existence of oriental people in the province. Nevertheless the most relevant relation with the oriental culture is patented at the domain of the religion, especially in the cult of Cybele, as Mother of the Gods. But we can also see the oriental influences in the mosaics.

Keywords

• roman epigraphy
• roman lusitania
• greek names
• cybele
• crinobolium