ROMA, FORTUNA E L’ADRIATICO APPUNTI PER UN APPROCCIO SISTEMICO AL “SACRO” NELLA COLONIZZAZIONE DI ETÀ REPUBBLICANA DELL’AGER GALLICUS E DEL PICENUM

Abstract

Thanks to its functions and to centuries-old religious and historical traditions, on one hand, the
cult of Fortuna embodied and addressed contents of Roman State ideology. On the other hand, it
maintained its own specificity and represented targeted political positions and singular social aspirations.
Therefore, Fortuna was the goddes linked to the tyrannical figure of Servio Tullio, as well
as one of the most promoted divinities, according to the policy of a part of Roman aristocracy in 3rd
BC Based on archaeological and epigraphic data from ager Gallicus and Picenum (modern Marche
region, Italy), this study will focus on the cult’s expressions, their spread among these territories
and links between Fortuna and the policy that Roman aristocracy conducted, leading conquest and
colonizing Adriatic territories during 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.