{"title":"Chapter Five. Conclusions","authors":"Michael Lipka","doi":"10.1163/EJ.9789004175037.I-222.26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/EJ.9789004175037.I-222.26","url":null,"abstract":"All major Roman gods were clearly and emphatically marked by permanent spatial foci of their cults in the city, especially by a temple. In addition, space was also a prime parameter in creating Roman myths. The lack of spatial focalization had an immediate impact on two conceptual categories, namely time and iconography. To begin with time: the lack of spatial foci led to a less intense temporal focalization of the cult, since a spatial focus naturally facilitated and required the temporal coordination of cult activities. With regard to iconography, the absence of spatial foci resulted in a lack of iconographic foci. Three categories were relatively independent of spatial focalization: personnel, functions and rituals. One should also take into consideration the priestly seers and their families, who took on the composition, compilation, preservation and explanation of Vedic hymns.Keywords: Christian cult; iconographic foci; Roman Gods; spatial foci","PeriodicalId":447080,"journal":{"name":"Lagash I — The Ceramic Corpus from al-Hiba, 1968–1990","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132658771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}