El culto a los emperadores en el ejército romano: el caso del Feriale Duranum

Abstract

This paper presents a revision of the calendar found at Dura-Europos, the so-called Feriale Duranum. Firstly, the rituals mentioned in the calendar are assessed. Secondly, the military origin of the document is questioned and the possibility, suggested in Reeves’ recent work, that it might be considered a co­lonial calendar is put forward. Lastly, the paper assesses that the importance of the Feriale rest mainly in its value for the understanding of the Severan pe­riod and the profound religious trans­formations of the III c. A.D.