La religion romaine à Bagacum et dans la cité des Nerviens, essai de synthèse : quelles informations les sources et l'archéologie livrent-elles à l'histoire sur les cultes et les panthéons dans la cité gallo-romaine de Bagacum, chef-lieu de la ciuitas Nerviorum ?
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- Sua cuique ciuitati religio, said Cicero. Each city in the Roman Empire had its own religion, and here's that of the Nervians. The aim of this study is to assess the extent to which written sources and archaeology can shed light on the religious life of the city of Nervians and its capital Bagacum, in Gallia Belgica. It is the result of collecting and analysing all available and varied sources on Bagacum, mainly inscriptions and statuettes. After consulting the publications of experts on religion in Gaul and the reports of archaeologists, the discoveries have been contextualized and related to one another in order to gain an insight into the religious life of the Nervian’s city. It covers : the city's public and private cults, imperial cults, Roman cults, local indigenous cults and more. Finally, this study also offers a repertory of the cults and deities known to the city's pantheon.