Germania Inferior

In this chronicle, which is similar to a handbook, Wolfgang Spickermann presents the history of religion in the province of »Germania Inferior« from the time of the Roman conquest up to the spread of Christianity and the decline of provincial religion in the 6th century AD. Based on the topography of the places of ritual worship discovered, the author describes their development and the arrangement and furnishing of their rooms in four clearly defined periods of time. His study provides knowledge about the gods worshipped, the operators of the shrines and their relationship to the regional and local Panthea. The author succeeds in doing justice to the regional differences in the Lower German province and at the same time in providing a broad view of the religious conditions in the entire area.