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In Moesia Inferior the cult of Hermes-Mercury penetrates along with Roman legions. Within the territory of the province are differentiated three main areas, where the cult of Hermes-Mercury is widespread. Firstly, these are the Roman city and defence centers along the stream of Danube - Oescus, Novae, Durostorum, etc. Secondly - the ancient Greek colonies on the Western Black Sea coast, as Odessus, Dionysopolis, Callatis, Tomis and Histria, where the cult of Hermes is infiltrated by Eastern merchants already before 4 century B.C. And in the third place is the administrative territory of Nicopolis ad Istrum, where the pervasive influence from Asia Minor creates a precondition for interesting syncretism between Hermes and other Eastern divinities. Inside the Roman province Thrace are separated several main areas related to the cult of Hermes. These are the administrative territories of Pautalia, Philippopolis, Augusta Traiana and generally the streams of Hebrus and Tonzus. In Moesia Inferior and Thrace the cult of Hermes-Mercury can be traced in several common aspects - presence or absence of similar local religious notions; - religious notions or ideas, influenced by the Greek colonization; - iconography and cult that penetrate along with the Roman legions; - religious influences introduced from eastern or western settlers. The attention of this thesis is concentrated to a detailed iconographic, stylistic and quantitative analysis of many monuments, such as votive tablets, bronze statuettes, stone sculptures, gems, epigraphic sources and even architectural monuments, connected with the cult of Hermes in the Roman Balkan provinces. In essence this study is another attempt that tries to expand the complex picture of religious life from territory of the "Roman Limes"
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