Article ID: CBB941780266

A New Look at Old Temples: Augusta Raurica and its Skyscape in the First and Second Centuries AD (2018)

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Among the most interesting features of the provincial Roman veteran colony of Augusta Raurica (present-day Switzerland) are its sanctuaries, which were constructed during a period of profound cultural transformation. The current study examines the temples within their surrounding landscape and skyscape, to explore the possibility that their locations and orientations may bear testimony to the cosmological beliefs of the colony's inhabitants. The findings suggest that alignments with the star cluster of the Pleiades and the constellation Orion constituted a connective element between earth and sky and were used by the Gallo-Roman elites to reconcile agricultural work and seasonal festivities with new socio-political and religious requirements.

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Authors & Contributors
González-García, A. César
García Quintela, Marco V.
Rodríguez-Antón, Andrea
Magli, Giulio
Ventura, Frank J.
Lombardi, L.
Journals
Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry
Journal of Skyscape Archaeology
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Publishers
Springer International
Concepts
Archaeoastronomy
Monuments
Archaeology
Skyscape; skyscapes
Sun
Calendars
People
Plato
Herodotus
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
Pliny the Elder
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Time Periods
Ancient
Places
Greece
Rome (Italy)
Italy
Malta
Wales
Scotland
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