Sacra peregrina a Roma in età medio-repubblicana: il caso di Iuno Regina, dall’evocatio del culto alla diffusione in area medio-adriatica (IV-II secolo a.C.)

Iuno Regina was the main goddess of etruscan town of Veii. She was called in Rome by the specific ritual of evocatio. As other foreign divinities, the cult of Iuno Regina was included in the category of sacra peregrina. On one hand, ancient Authors show the importance of this goddes in the context of Roman state religion, specially during the Second Punic war; on the other hand, archaeology of cult places shows the spread of this cult in colonial territories between IIIrd and IInd century B.C., such as the Medio-Adriatic coast. The paper focuses on the role of this cult in the context of colonization and romanization of central Italy through the analysis of a study case: the roman sanctuary known as lucus Pisaurensis near Pesaro, the ancient roman colony of Pisaurum (Italy, Marche region).