The lararium was a shrine to the guardian spirits of the Roman household. Family members performed daily rituals at this shrine to guarantee the protection of these domestic spirits, the most significant of which were the Lares. This paper focus on a new study about the domestic cult in Herculaneum, starting from the creation of a corpus of all the lararia discovered in the ancient city, until the reconstruction of the rituals and offerings that Romans made to the home altars.
“Possidet domum. Prime riflessioni a margine della religiosità domestica di Ercolano: fonti e dati archeologici / Marchetti, CHIARA MARIA. - (2016), pp. 405-427. (Intervento presentato al convegno Sacrum facere, Atti del III seminario di Archeologia del sacro tenutosi a Trieste).
“Possidet domum. Prime riflessioni a margine della religiosità domestica di Ercolano: fonti e dati archeologici
Chiara Maria Marchetti
2016
Abstract
The lararium was a shrine to the guardian spirits of the Roman household. Family members performed daily rituals at this shrine to guarantee the protection of these domestic spirits, the most significant of which were the Lares. This paper focus on a new study about the domestic cult in Herculaneum, starting from the creation of a corpus of all the lararia discovered in the ancient city, until the reconstruction of the rituals and offerings that Romans made to the home altars.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
