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Gallo-Roman religion was a fusion of Roman religious forms and modes of worship with Gaulish deities from Celtic polytheism. It was a selective acculturation.

Contents 1 Deities 2 Worship 3 Bibliography 4 See also

[edit] Deities

In some cases, Gaulish deity names were used as epithets for Roman deities. In other cases, Roman gods were given Gaulish female partners - for example, Mercury was paired with Rosmerta and Sirona was partnered with Apollo).

[edit] Worship

Generally Roman worship practices such as offerings of incense and animal sacrifice, dedicatory inscriptions, and naturalistic statuary depicting deities in anthropomorphoc form were combined with specific Gaulish practices such as circumambulation around a temple. This gave rise to a characteristic Gallo-Roman fanum, identifiable in archaeology from its concentric shape.

[edit] Bibliography

• Burnand, Y. (1999). Notes sur le vocabulaire épigraphique de la représentation de la divinité en Gaule romaine. in Signa deorum : L'iconographie divine en Gaule romaine. Communications présentées au colloque organisé par le Centre Albert Grenier d'antiquité nationale de l'Université de Nancy II et la direction d'études d'antiquités de la Gaule romaine de la IVe section de l'Ecole pratique des hautes études. Y. Burnand and H. Lavagne. Paris, De Boccard.
• Debal, J. (1983) Vienne-en-Val, Divinites et Sanctuaires. Bulletin de la Société Archéologique et Historique de l'Orléanais, 42
• Deyts, S. (1998). A la rencontre des Dieux gaulois, un défi à César. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux.
• Faudet, I. (1993) Les Temples de Tradition Celtique en Gaule Romaine. Paris, Editions Errance. ISBN 2-87772-074-8
• Green, M. (1986) Gods of the Celts. Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7509-1581-1.
• Jufer, N.; Luginbühl, T. (2001) Répertoire des dieux gaulois. Paris, Editions Errance. ISBN 2-87772-200-7
• Weisgerber, G. (1975). Das Pilgerheiligtum Des Apollo Und Der Sirona Von Hochscheid Im Hunsruck. Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Press.
• Woolf, G. (1998). Becoming Roman: the origins of provincial civilization in Gaul. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

[edit] See also

• Celtic mythology
• Roman mythology