People Abroad

The aim of these conference proceedings is the application of recent scientific discussions on mobility and migration to stone monuments from Roman provinces. The contributions exemplify whether and how movement of people affected the design of funerary and votive monuments or architecture and what statements were intended thereby. The book starts with an introduction by the editor and integrates the 33 essays into the overarching thematic fields of “dying abroad” [16 papers], “cults abroad” [7] and “objects, knowledge and craftsmanship abroad” [10]. Topics are the funeral representation of equestrian-senatorial groups, evidence for strangers in towns and provinces, grave monuments of the Cohors II Cyrrhestarum sagittaria, a commercial network in Cisalpine Gaul, and funeral monuments of Celtic tribes. The second chapter deals with Jupiter Dolichenus and cults in Thessaly, the Balkans, Thessaloniki, and Burgundy. Finally, there are papers on foreign artisans, the provincial reception of imperial monuments, Sicilian sarcophagi, sculpture from Novae, a Viergötterstein, a relief from Lebanon, the Corinthian order in Thrace, and a female head of Greek marble found in Spain. Das Ziel des Tagungsbandes ist die Anwendung aktueller Forschungsdiskussionen um Mobilität und Migration auf provinzialrömische Steindenkmäler. Die Beiträge zeigen beispielhaft, ob und wie Bevölkerungsbewegungen sich auf Grabmonumente und Votivmonumente oder Architektur auswirkten und welche Aussagen damit beabsichtigt waren. Auf eine Einleitung folgen 33 Aufsätze in Kapiteln zu “Sterben in der Fremde” [16 Beiträge], “Kulte im Ausland” [7] und “Objekte, Wissen und Handwerkskunst in der Ferne” [10]. Behandelt werden z. B. die funerale Darstellung von Rittern und Senatoren, Nachweise von Fremden in Städten und Provinzen, Grabmäler der Cohors II Cyrrhestarum sagittaria, ein Händlernetzwerk der Gallia Cisalpina und Grabmonumente keltischer Stämme. Das zweite Kapitel behandelt Iupiter Dolichenus sowie Kulte in Thessalien, auf dem Balkan, in Thessaloniki und Burgund. Am Ende finden sich Untersuchungen zu fremden Kunsthandwerkern, der Rezeption kaiserlicher Monumente in Provinzen, sizilianischen Sarkophagen, Skulpturen aus Novae, einem Viergötterstein, einem libanesischen Relief, korinthischen Ordnungen Thrakiens und einem Kopf aus griechischem Marmor in Spanien.

The aim of these conference proceedings is the application of recent scientific discussions on mobility and migration to stone monuments from Roman provinces. The contributions exemplify whether and how movement of people affected the design of funerary and votive monuments or architecture and what statements were intended thereby. The book starts with an introduction by the editor and integrates the 33 essays into the overarching thematic fields of “dying abroad” [16 papers], “cults abroad” [7] and “objects, knowledge and craftsmanship abroad” [10]. Topics are the funeral representation of equestrian-senatorial groups, evidence for strangers in towns and provinces, grave monuments of the Cohors II Cyrrhestarum sagittaria, a commercial network in Cisalpine Gaul, and funeral monuments of Celtic tribes. The second chapter deals with Jupiter Dolichenus and cults in Thessaly, the Balkans, Thessaloniki, and Burgundy. Finally, there are papers on foreign artisans, the provincial reception of imperial monuments, Sicilian sarcophagi, sculpture from Novae, a Viergötterstein, a relief from Lebanon, the Corinthian order in Thrace, and a female head of Greek marble found in Spain.