Contents Editorial Preface Preface List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Notes on Contributors 1 Sanctuaries in the Danubian Provinces: an Introduction Csaba Szabó and Christian Gugl Part 1 Reinvented Traditions and the Countryside: Case Studies from Noricum and Dalmatia 2 From the Tribal Sanctuary of the Laianci to a Rural Roman Cult Site: a Hilltop Sanctuary of the La Tène and Roman Period near Lienz Barbara Kainrath and Gerald Grabherr 3 The Sanctuary on the Frauenberg near Leibnitz, Styria Bernhard Schrettle 4 Sanctuaries of Silvanus in the Roman Province of Dalmatia Ljubica Perinic 5 Roman Provincial Cult and Superstition in Unusual Places: Three Selected Sites from Southern Noricum Christoph Hinker 6 Evidence of a Specific Form of Mithras Worship in the Roman Province of Dalmatia and the Role of the Portorium in the Local Spread of the Cult Nirvana Silnovic Part 2 Macro-Spaces of Religion: Case Studies from Moesia Inferior7 Sanctuaries in Moesia Inferior Ivan Valchev and Bojidar Draganov 8 The Sanctuaries in Ratiaria and Its Surroundings Ivo Topalilov 9 Sacralised Spaces in the Legionary Fortress of Novae Tomasz Dziurdzik Part 3 Epigraphy and Visual Sources of Space Sacralisation10 Sanctuaries of Moesia Superior: New Results and Interpretations Nadezda Gavrilovic Vitas 11 Sanctuaries of Mater Magna in Dalmatia Inga Vilogorac Brcic 12 Epigraphically Attested Roman Sanctuaries in the Croatian Adriatic Mirjana Sanader and Mirna Cvetko 13 Sacro-Idyllic Scenes on Roman Engraved Gems from Croatia Iva Kaic Part 4 The Impact of the City: Case Studies on Urban Religion14 Sacred Functions and Spatial Distribution in the Isis Sanctuary in Savaria Ottó Sosztarits, Szilvia Bíró, Bianka Horváth and Attila Hódi 15 Architecture, Religion and Ideology in Colonia Dacica Sarmizegetusa (I) Ioan Piso and Ovidiu entea Bibliography Index.