Fasti dei sacerdoti del culto di Vulcano ad Ostia

• Autores: Maria Letizia Caldelli
• Localización: Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome. Antiquité, ISSN 0223-5102, Vol. 126, Nº. 1, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Ostia Antica)
• Idioma: italiano
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  • As we know, the most distinctive feature in the history of Ostia's religion is the pre-eminence of the cult of Vulcan. Nevertheless, in the scientific literature has been overlooked the important contribution offered by the fragments of the Fasti of minor cult priests, aediles and praetores. Starting from these and taking into consideration the numerous inscriptions which concern them we tried to reconstruct the social context that has produced them, identifying the age of Commodus a turning point in recruitment. This turning point can be interpreted as a reflection of greater Rome's interference in a cult that, at its highest levels, had control over the sacred areas of the colony.