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Sites reflecting the fusion of Roman and native British religious practice during the Roman occupation of Britain, where imported and local deities were often equated or worshipped side by side rather than one replacing the other. Sacred sites are grouped by tradition at a fine grain here, so a heading can be narrow without that saying anything about the tradition's own reach.
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What Defines This GroupingTemples and healing springs of Roman Britain, where Roman and native cult met and gods were worshipped under paired names - Sulis Minerva at Bath, Mars Nodens at Lydney. The pairing is interpretatio, a Roman habit of identifying foreign gods with their own; it does not mean that the two cults, or the two gods, were the same. 2 Attestation
Era of AttestationRomano-British cult sites are attested from the conquest of 43 CE to the end of Roman administration in the early fifth century. The curse tablets thrown into the spring at Bath are the largest body of first-hand religious writing to survive from Roman Britain, and they are the words of ordinary worshippers rather than of priests. 3 Learn More
Romano-British Sacred Sites
This small group gathers a Romano-British sacred site, a temple or shrine from the period of Roman Britain, where Roman and native Celtic religion blended, often at healing springs and sanctuaries served by fused Romano-Celtic deities.
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