Flocks and herds between thermalisme and prophecy

Starting from the survey of thermo-mineral sites from the Roman age in the Italian peninsula, this article aims at interpreting some examples of animal ex-votos found among the offerings in some ancient healing stations, as thanksgiving for the animals’ recovery. Such hypothesis is based both on arc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maddalena Bassani
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Ediciones Complutense 2013-12-01
Series:Gerión
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Online Access:http://revistasculturales.ucm.es/index.php/GERI/article/view/41811