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Baal-Hadad

deity Roman single tradition · 1

Baal-Hadad is a deity from the Roman East who received offerings within the sanctuary at Nîmes. Baal-Hadad is also known as Jupiter Heliopolitanus. The sacral aura of the preexisting site was thus appropriated for the administration of imperial cult through investment in building construction and the cultivation of deities with Roman names.

When

First attested
200 BCE
Attested period
-200 – 2020
Historical notes
Sanctuary established by 2nd century BC.

Relationships

co occurs with
Plotina, Apollo, Diana, Isis, Minerva, Jupiter, Silvanus, Victoria, Nemausus, Liber
syncretized with
Jupiter Heliopolitanus

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (1)
  1. Nemausus

Source passages

“Roman deities who received offerings within the sanctuary include Apollo, Diana, Jupiter, Liber, Minerva, Silvanus, and Victoria, along with two deities from the Roman East, Isis and Baal-Hadad as Jupiter Heliopolitanus.”

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