Co-authored books by Imola Boda
The Bibliography of Roman Religion in Dacia (abbreviated by us as BRRD) is a project initiated in... more The Bibliography of Roman Religion in Dacia (abbreviated by us as BRRD) is a project initiated in 2012 by Imola Boda and Csaba Szabó, Ph.D. candidates from the Babes - Bolyai University (RO) and the University of Pécs (HU). The main aim of this project is to create a printed version of BRRD, which first of all, represents the main results of the Romanian and international historiography regarding the Roman religious life, early Christianity and ancient magical practicies in the province of Dacia from Trajan to Aurelian (106 - 271). Secondly, the book wants to highlight the most important currents of the international studies of Roman religion, the quantitative and qualitative dynamics of the Romanian research through a various list of titles appeared in almost two and a half centuries (1754 - 2014).
It will be the first bibliographic list of this kind focusing on a single Roman province.
Conferences, panels organized by Imola Boda
Presentation of a recently (re)found Mithraic relief discovered in 1905 and published shortly by ... more Presentation of a recently (re)found Mithraic relief discovered in 1905 and published shortly by M. Vermaseren (CIMRM 1938).
Paper presented at the conference entitled "Si deus si dea" - new perspectives in the research of Roman religion of Dacia. Organized by: Sorin Nemeti, Boda Imola and Csaba Szabó
Studies by Imola Boda
The rituals carried out on the occasion of the establishment of a new Roman city prove the fact t... more The rituals carried out on the occasion of the establishment of a new Roman city prove the fact that there was a prescribed regulation. The location, orientation, as well as the scenography, translates into facts gestures and human processions with sacred character; these are the expression of a symbolic geography of religious type.
The erection of sacred buildings in Colonia Sarmizegetusa was carried out during the reign of Trajan (its founder) and Severus Alexander. For the following period (Maximinus–Aurelianus), the archaeological evidence suggests the fact that the emphasis was not placed on constructing new religious buildings, but on restoring the already existing ones. The expression of religious piety persisted, and one can make reference again to the archaeological evidence, more particular to shrines, and statues. This context proves the fact that the religious life continued its cycle. However, in AD 235, at the latest, Sarmizegetusa witnessed the construction of the most numerous temples. It is noteworthy to mention that this construction boom coincides with the period when Sarmizegetusa is granted the title of Metropolis.
Edited volumes, special issues by Imola Boda
Special issue of the Journal Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Historia, vol. 61 nr. 1., 2016. Th... more Special issue of the Journal Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Historia, vol. 61 nr. 1., 2016. This volume includes the proceedings of the workshop «Si deus,si dea. New perspectives in the study of Roman religion in Dacia», held in 9 october 2014 in Cluj-Napoca.
Articles - Roman archaeology and religion by Imola Boda
A new Mithraic inscription was reported in March 2015 to have
been seized by the police at Timişo... more A new Mithraic inscription was reported in March 2015 to have
been seized by the police at Timişoara in Romania. We propose here to
describe briefly the discovery and the main features of the monument before
turning to the text of the dedication and concluding with a brief discussion
of its place in the religious life of the province. The inscription is the second
known dedication of Dioscorus, recorded already on a remarkable monument
discovered in the 19th century in Apulum (Alba Iulia) in a mithraeum.
The recently found monument will open new horizons in the interpretation
of the role of religious individuation in the mysteries of Mithras.
Papers by Imola Boda
Digital Classics Online, 2018
The current article presents the main scientific results extracted from the Romans 1by1 platform.... more The current article presents the main scientific results extracted from the Romans 1by1 platform. While the database has been technically documented before, the analyses, based on it, is introduced here for the first time. After gathering and structuring all the prosopographical information on all the people, attested epigraphically in Roman Moesia Inferior, Moesia Superior and Dacia, we are able now to present exhaustive statistics and a comprehensive overview, as well as to get relevant conclusions regarding the epigraphic habits of each province. The database and its purpose The paper is based on the results of a research project, which was carried out between October 2015 and September 2017 at the Babeș-Bolyai University from Cluj-Napoca (Romania). The goal of the project was to create a database for ancient population, in which all the known individuals dating from the Roman period (exhaustively up to the end of the 3 rd c. AD), from the provinces of Dacia and Moesia are recorded. The project aimed at employing new techniques and methodologies that come from other fields (i.e. computer science), in order to approach the study of ancient population in an innovative way, to ease the research, and to create an open access tool, available for the academic community. Being a research database based on a continuous work in progress, we have opted for two versions of the database: a) one which has a restricted access (login via personalized accounts), and which is used only by the research team, due to the fact, that it is continuously updated and reviewed; and b) the other one which is open access and represents the cleansed, standardized and user-friendly version of the first one. 1 The database has been documented before, 2 thus we will only schematically present its architecture and the metadata. The purpose of this article is to present the macro-analyses, resulted from the gathered data – as for the first time all the data, on all the people of these provinces, are structured and available in one place. No doubt, one of the most important advantages, in this case, is the creation of a prosopogra-phical corpus. The corpus can be freely used for scientific purposes by anyone interested in the field, as well as for educational purposes or for disseminating aspects related to ancient history in a wider sector of the public, in an accessible and friendly manner.
Teaching Documents by Imola Boda
Open Access free handbook for students and the greater public on Roman divinities and their repre... more Open Access free handbook for students and the greater public on Roman divinities and their representation - attestation in Roman Dacia. An updated version of the dictionary of the Bibliography of Roman religion in Dacia.
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Co-authored books by Imola Boda
It will be the first bibliographic list of this kind focusing on a single Roman province.
Conferences, panels organized by Imola Boda
Paper presented at the conference entitled "Si deus si dea" - new perspectives in the research of Roman religion of Dacia. Organized by: Sorin Nemeti, Boda Imola and Csaba Szabó
Studies by Imola Boda
The erection of sacred buildings in Colonia Sarmizegetusa was carried out during the reign of Trajan (its founder) and Severus Alexander. For the following period (Maximinus–Aurelianus), the archaeological evidence suggests the fact that the emphasis was not placed on constructing new religious buildings, but on restoring the already existing ones. The expression of religious piety persisted, and one can make reference again to the archaeological evidence, more particular to shrines, and statues. This context proves the fact that the religious life continued its cycle. However, in AD 235, at the latest, Sarmizegetusa witnessed the construction of the most numerous temples. It is noteworthy to mention that this construction boom coincides with the period when Sarmizegetusa is granted the title of Metropolis.
Edited volumes, special issues by Imola Boda
Articles - Roman archaeology and religion by Imola Boda
been seized by the police at Timişoara in Romania. We propose here to
describe briefly the discovery and the main features of the monument before
turning to the text of the dedication and concluding with a brief discussion
of its place in the religious life of the province. The inscription is the second
known dedication of Dioscorus, recorded already on a remarkable monument
discovered in the 19th century in Apulum (Alba Iulia) in a mithraeum.
The recently found monument will open new horizons in the interpretation
of the role of religious individuation in the mysteries of Mithras.
Papers by Imola Boda
Teaching Documents by Imola Boda
It will be the first bibliographic list of this kind focusing on a single Roman province.
Paper presented at the conference entitled "Si deus si dea" - new perspectives in the research of Roman religion of Dacia. Organized by: Sorin Nemeti, Boda Imola and Csaba Szabó
The erection of sacred buildings in Colonia Sarmizegetusa was carried out during the reign of Trajan (its founder) and Severus Alexander. For the following period (Maximinus–Aurelianus), the archaeological evidence suggests the fact that the emphasis was not placed on constructing new religious buildings, but on restoring the already existing ones. The expression of religious piety persisted, and one can make reference again to the archaeological evidence, more particular to shrines, and statues. This context proves the fact that the religious life continued its cycle. However, in AD 235, at the latest, Sarmizegetusa witnessed the construction of the most numerous temples. It is noteworthy to mention that this construction boom coincides with the period when Sarmizegetusa is granted the title of Metropolis.
been seized by the police at Timişoara in Romania. We propose here to
describe briefly the discovery and the main features of the monument before
turning to the text of the dedication and concluding with a brief discussion
of its place in the religious life of the province. The inscription is the second
known dedication of Dioscorus, recorded already on a remarkable monument
discovered in the 19th century in Apulum (Alba Iulia) in a mithraeum.
The recently found monument will open new horizons in the interpretation
of the role of religious individuation in the mysteries of Mithras.