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The Imperial Cult in the Latin West, Volume III, Provincial Cult. Part 3. The Provincial Centre; Provincial Cult

“…In practice therefore the enclave must originally have served as the regional hub of Gallia Comata, 6 the territory of which stretched broadly from the Pyrenees to 106 chapter four the Rhine. It is worth repeating in this connection that among surviving titles of the federal priests the term Tres Galliae appears only from the time of Vespasian, 7 whereas Gallia Comata appears to have been equivalent to Tres Galliae under the early empire until the advent of the Flavians. 8…”

“…The integration of the Circus Maximus with the complex, its pertinence to the Palatial system, is visible also in the statuary programme of its spina, which emphasizes a double link with Apollo and Victory-an allusion repeated in the buildings and the symbolism of the palace above. 7 What the ensemble amounts to, therefore, is a unitary complex on the Pergamum model, only the extremities of which-the temple and circus-allow one nowadays to grasp the way it reproduced the Hellenistic ideal of a converted hill on which structures rose without break in continuity. Confirmation of the organic nature of the whole is nevertheless provided by the fact that this sequence of temple, public area and hippodrome set the pattern for various installations both east and west.…”

“…As for the entertainment it facilitated, inscriptions along with reliefs and figured tablets document both gladiatorial combats and wild beast hunts. 7 When precisely construction took place is not known but the Flavian period would fit the inferred date of the sanctuary, which seems to have been roughly contemporaneous with the provincial enclosure at Tarraco. Unlike the arrangement here, however, no trace survives at Narbo of the circus, the existence of which looks to be indicated by bas-reliefs representing chariot races.…”

“…180 by 120m) to the north (Insula 22) separated by the decumanus maximus from a much smaller forum to the south (Insula 30). 7 The fact that the temple occupied a central position in an area defined by the defences of an apparent annexe to the fortress suggests that this sector was reserved ab initio for the imperial cult when veterans converted the settlement into 5 Hull (1958) xxvii; Drury, o.c. 28.…”

“…6 Étienn-Piso-Diaconescu, Forums (1990) 280, n. 31, suggest that reference to a "third forum" of Sarmizegetusa would be appropriate. 7 Daicoviciu-Piso (1977) 75-8 with discussion of the priest's family background. n II II II II :I II n II II II IL--JI II II II .…”