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Religion in Portus

Introduction
Vulcanus
Jupiter, Juno and Minerva
Apollo and Diana
Mars and Venus
Aesculapius
Hercules 		Silvanus
Liber Pater
Deities of districts
Isis
Serapis
Mithras
Magna Mater and Terra Mater 		Jupiter Dolichenus, Heliopolitanus and Ammon
Marnas
Synagogue
Christianity
The vigiles and the frumentarii
The stuppatores and the saccarii salarii
Anonymous temples (Neptunus, Hercules, Serapis?)



People sacrificing on board of a ship entering the harbour of Portus, below a sail with the she-wolf and the twins.
Detail of the Torlonia-relief. Photo: Annewies van den Hoek.