|
|
Publicum Portorium Illyrici and Mithraism in the Danube Region
Sarkisjan, Juraj ; Titz, Pavel (advisor) ; Daňová, Miroslava (referee) ; Chalupa, Aleš (referee)
Publicum Portorium Illyrici and Mithraism in the Danube Region Juraj Sarkisjan Abstract The study of Mithraism has been of a great interest to many academics working in a relatively wide range of fields, from archaeobotany to zooarchaeology for quite a long time. The aim of this work was, on the one hand, to supplement, revise and categorize the information that in the long run indicated a link between the Publicum Portorium Illyrici and the spread of Mithraism in the Danube region. On the other hand, this effort was used to rework the model of this customs district as it was perceived since the first professional works dealing with this topic. The achievement of these goals was carried out based on the processing of epigraphic inscriptions categorized into datasets, which enabled not only to work with analytical tools such as GIS, but also with tools enabling the visualization of social networks. The methodology of the work is based on several overlapping steps, each of which focuses on a different aspect of the study. The first step was the extraction of data from online epigraphic databases based on keywords and the subsequent addition of this dataset with already existing written sources, which ensured a higher degree of completion. The result was the creation of several datasets, which not only allowed...
|
guest ::
