The Archaeology of Late Antique 'Paganism' (Late Antique Archaelogy)

710 Pages·2011·12.12 MB·English

by  Luke Lavan

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF LATE ANTIQUE ‘PAGANISM’
LATE ANTIQUE
ARCHAEOLOGY
Editorial Board
SERIES EDITOR
LUKE LAVAN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Albrecht Berger
Will Bowden
Kim Bowes
Averil Cameron
Beatrice Caseau
Alexandra Chavarrìa
James Crow
Simon Ellis
Sauro Gelichi
Lale Özgenel
Jean-Pierre Sodini
Bryan Ward-Perkins
Enrico Zanini
VOLUME 7 – 2009
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
LATE ANTIQUE ‘PAGANISM’
EDITED BY
LUKE LAVAN
and
MICHAEL MULRYAN
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2011
Cover illustration: Interior visualisation of the Alacami (Richard Bayliss).
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The archaeology of late antique “paganism”/edited by Luke Lavan and Michael
Mulryan.
p. cm. — (Late antique archaeology ; v. 7)
Papers from the conference “The Archaeology of Late Antique Paganism” held
in 2005 in Leuven.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-90-04-19237-9 (hardback : alk. paper)
1. Rome—Religion—Congresses. 2. Temples—Rome—Congresses.
3. Paganism—Rome—Congresses. 4. Christianity and other religions—Roman—
Congresses. 5. Classical antiquities—Congresses. I. Lavan, Luke. II. Mulryan,
Michael. III. Title. IV. Series.
BL805.A73 2011
200.937—dc22
2010053581
ISBN 1570-6893
ISBN 978 90 04 19237 9
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ..................................................................... ix
List of Contributors .................................................................... xi
Introduction ................................................................................ xv
Luke Lavan
Bibliographic Essays
‘Paganism’ in Late Antiquity: Thematic Studies ....................... 3
Koen Demarsin
‘Paganism’ in Late Antiquity: Regional Studies and Material
Culture .................................................................................... 41
Michael Mulryan
The Development of Paganism in Late Antiquity
Eusebius of Caesarea and the Concept of Paganism ................ 89
Peter Van Nuffelen
Late Antique Paganism: Adaptation under Duress ................... 111
Béatrice Caseau
The ‘End’ of Roman Senatorial Paganism ................................ 135
David M. Gwynn
Temples in the West
Temples in Late Antique Gaul .................................................. 165
Penelope J. Goodman
Fana, Templa, Delubra Destrui Praecipimus: The End of the
Temples in Roman Spain ...................................................... 195
Javier Arce
vi contents
The Temple of Flora or Venus by the Circus Maximus and
the New Christian Topography: The ‘Pagan Revival’ in
Action? .................................................................................... 209
Michael Mulryan
The Fate of the Temples in North Africa ................................. 229
Gareth Sears
Temples in the East
Late Paganism and Christianisation in Greece ......................... 263
Helen G. Saradi with the contribution of Demetrios Eliopoulos
Late Paganism on the Aegean Islands and Processes
of Christianisation ................................................................... 311
Georgios Deligiannakis
The Fate of Temples in Late Antique Anatolia ........................ 347
Peter Talloen and Lies Vercauteren
The Fate of the Temples in Late Antique Egypt ...................... 389
Jitse H. F. Dijkstra
‘Pagan’ Statues
Political Talismans? Residual ‘Pagan’ Statues in Late Antique
Public Space ............................................................................ 439
Luke Lavan
Religious Intolerance and Pagan Statuary ................................ 479
Béatrice Caseau
Sacred Deposits
Religious Rituals at Springs in the Late Antique and Early
Medieval World .......................................................................... 505
Eberhard W. Sauer
contents vii
Wells and Belief Systems at the End of Roman Britain:
A Case Study from Roman London ...................................... 551
James Gerrard
Iconography in Material Culture
From Pagan to Christian: Religious Iconography in Material
Culture from Sagalassos ......................................................... 575
Peter Talloen
Abstracts in French ..................................................................... 609
Indices ......................................................................................... 617
Themes .................................................................................... 617
Index of People, Historical and Biblical ................................ 629
Index of Places ........................................................................ 636

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The editing and publication of this collection of studies on late antique
‘paganism’ has inevitably incurred many debts. The original confer-
ence that inspired this volume met in Leuven in 2005, under the title
“The Archaeology of Late Antique Paganism”. The conference was
organised by Luke Lavan, in conjunction with Peter Talloen, Ine
Jacobs and Lies Vercauteren. Financial support came from the Faculty
of Arts of KULeuven, which also provided a lecture room, whilst Pro-
fessor Marc Waelkens sponsored a dinner for the speakers. Our thanks
also go out to the many people with whom we have discussed differ-
ent aspects of this project for their advice and encouragement, and to
the referees who must remain anonymous but who gave generously
of their time to read the articles and offer many helpful comments.
Finally, we are grateful to Gera van Bedaf and Marcella Mulder at
Brill for their help in overseeing the submission and page-setting of
this book.
Luke Lavan and Michael Mulryan