CONTENTS


I. INTRODUCTION

II. CULT OF VENUS IN ROMAN WORLDS
1. Origins
2. External influences
3. Organisation of the cult
4. Distribution, provinciality
5. Iconography. Identification of prototypes

III. FINDING VENUS IN DACIA. DISCOVERY CONTEXTS
1. Worship places
2. Civilian environment
3. Military milieu
4. Funerary space

IV. FIGURED MATERIAL OF VENUS GODDESS IN DACIA
1. Bronze statuettes
2. Terracotta statuettes
3. Marble statuettes
4. Gem stones
5. Bone objects

V. VENUS AND THE OTHER GODS
1. Association with other divinities
2. Epithets

VI. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
1. General notions
2. Inscriptions
3. Figurative material

VII. CONCLUSION

VIII. CATALOGUE

ABBREVIATIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX