UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Sacerdotes piae: priestesses and other female cult officials in the western part of the Roman Empire from the first century B.C. until the third century A.D. Gaspar, V.M. Publication date 2012 Document Version Final published version Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Gaspar, V. M. (2012). Sacerdotes piae: priestesses and other female cult officials in the western part of the Roman Empire from the first century B.C. until the third century A.D. General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. 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UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (https://dare.uva.nl) Download date:23 Sep 2021 S A C E R D O T E S P I A E P r i e s t e s SACERDOTES PIAE s e s a n d o SACERDOTES t h This PhD thesis investigates the roles of women in e r f e public religious life in the towns of the western, m a l Latin-speaking part of the Roman Empire. e c u l The main sources on which this study is based are t o f f inscriptions, evidence that has been neglected until i c i PIAE a l very recently. s i n t h e w e s t e r n p a r t o f Priestesses and other female cult officials in the western t h e R o m part of the Roman Empire from the first century B.C. a n E m until the third century A.D . p i r e f r o m t h e f i r s t c e n t u r y B . C . u n t i l t h e t h i r d c e n t u r y Veerle Gaspar A . D . V e e r l e G ISBN: 978-90-78115-56-4 a s NUR: 683 p a r ! ! ! ! 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