Distribution of the epithets of the Matres and Matronae

Abstract

Interactive map of the votive dedications to the Matres and Matronae across the north-western Roman provinces (Germania Inferior, Germania Superior, Gallia Belgica, Britannia, etc.), compiled within the FRAG – Fractured Roots project (PRJ-2171, Università degli Studi di Palermo). The map plots 573 dedications (469 Matronae, 104 Matres) with 123 cult epithets, allows filtering by type, epithet and province, and displays the text of each inscription in Leiden conventions with its bibliographical references. Presented at the 16th International Colloquium Latin Vulgaire – Latin Tardif (Verona, 14–19 September 2026). The file is a self-contained HTML page: download it and open it in any browser (an internet connection is needed for the base maps). Sources and rights. The selection and classification of the dedications, the epithet taxonomy, the mapping, the commentary, the design and the code are the author's work. The Latin texts of the inscriptions, their readings and restorations, the find-spot data and the bibliography are reproduced for scholarly purposes, with attribution, from the corpora and databases that edit them, and remain the property of their respective editors, publishers and institutions: Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL, BBAW); L'Année épigraphique (AE); Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae (ILS); Nesselhauf, Lieb and Finke, Berichte der RGK; Roman Inscriptions of Britain Online (RIB, ed. S. Vanderbilt, LatinNow, CC BY 4.0); Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby (EDCS); Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg (EDH); Ubi Erat Lupa; and the editions cited in each record. The author claims no rights over this material; any reuse of the texts must comply with the terms of use of the respective source.