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Roma
(730 words)

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[1] Personification

Dea Roma; θεὰ Ῥώμη/theà Rhṓmē as a goddess: the cult worship of Roman power began in the Greek world in the early 2nd cent. BC with the establishment of festivals (Rhomaia), priestly offices (Miletus: LSAM 49), temples and other monuments in honour of Rome. Many of these cults are concentrated on the personified deity of R. (Personification). Their representations of R. vary between a standing figure and an enthroned one ([1]; for a monument (?) representing Romulus and Remus and dedicated to R. cf. SEG 30,1…

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Price, Simon R. F. (Oxford), “Roma”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 25 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_brill120010>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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