Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 23-24. (1994)
I. Arheologie
28 ADRIAN HUSAR 12 maternity- ensured the fertility and prosperity. Good and generous, this wellwishing goddesses can be invoked in any situation. The pantheon of Dacia comprises both Celtic Matronae (Dominae) and Germanic ones (Gesahenae). At Apulum116, the Dominae divinities dre shown us as protecting a craftsman, that being one of the Matronae's proper shape. The dedicant, Mestrius Martinus, pictor, belonged, doubtless, to the "elite" of the artistscraftsmen, as long as he offered himself to rise up pecunia sua a fanum having as destination the cult of the Matronae. Matronae Gesahenae117 are frequently attested on the Lower Rhine, sometimes associated - with Ettrahenae.118 The monument from Napoca119 reveals P.Aelius Maximus' predilection for the Germanic divinities, presenting us, in the same time, the entire career of the dedicant. Quadriviae120 belongs to the sphere of the protecting divinities of the roads and travellers. The dedications are, usually, small altars rise up at the road-crossing, custom perpetuated in the Middle Age. In Dacia, the greatest part of the dedications come from Apulum where the Quadriviae divinities are worshipped by L. Gallius Caminas121 decurio coloniae Sarmizegetusae, Flavia Pulchra122 and Cornelia Daphnis123. The dedicant from Sarmizegetusa, T.Claudius Anicetus124 * is the unique augustalis know among the believers of the road-crossing protectresses divinities. Finally, an altar which might not come from Dacia is consecrated Trivis Quadrivism. Derivating from an epitheton of the Matronae, Suleviae126 are collective divinities having more "specializated" attributions. At Apulum127, the Suleviae divinities are Honoured by Flavius Attalus, a libertus which wear a Celtic cognomen]2B 116 CIL, III, 1005. 117 M. Schönfeld, op.cit., p.106; G. Neumann, Die germanischen Matronen-Beinamen, in Matronen und verwandte Gottheiten, p. 116. 118 CIL XIII, 7890, 7895. 119 M. Macrea, in AISC, V, 1944-1948, p.249-254 = AE. 1971, 395 = I. Piso. in PotdiSSd. II. 1980, p. 125-127. 1211 LexMyth. IV, c. 1-7, s.v. Quadriviae (Ihm); G. Wisowa, op.cit.. p.148. 121 Inedited inscription, through Prof. I.Piso's kindness. 122 CIL III. 1140. 123 E. Zefleanu, in Apulum. II, 1943-1945, p.101. 124 CIL III. 1440 = /D/?,lll/2. 330. 128 CIL III. 8045 (Daciae incertae). 126 LexMyth, IV. c. 1592-1600, s.v. Suleviae (Ihm); S.Gutenbrunner, Die germanischen Götternamen der antiken Inschriften. 1936. p.19.
