Replication data for: Stations of the Publicum Portorium Illyrici are a Strong Predictor of the Mithraic Presence in the Danubian Provinces: Geographical Analysis of the Distribution of the Roman Cult of Mithras

This repository serves as supplementary material for the article "Stations of the Publicum Portorium Illyrici are a Strong Predictor of the Mithraic Presence in the Danubian Provinces: Geographical Analysis of the Distribution of the Roman Cult of Mithras". This work was supported by the European Regional Development Fund project “Beyond Security: Role of Conflict in Resilience-Building” (reg. no.: CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004595). The repository contains the following data:

Dataset for the evidence of the Roman cult of Mithras as collected by Ales Chalupa for the Roman provinces of Raetia, Noricum, Dalmatia, Regio X, Dalmatia, Pannonia, Moesia, Thracia. File: Mithras_AC.geojson

Geocoded Latin inscriptions collected from the LIST dataset (Vojtěch Kaše, Petra Heřmánková, & Adéla Sobotková. (2024). LIST (v1.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10473706) mentioning the deities Mithras, Minerva, Jupiter, Jupiter Dolichenus, Asclepius, Apollo, Mercury, Silvanus, Isis, Hercules in a csv format. Filename format: ListdeitynameWKTv1_2.csv.

Dictionary of noun forms for filtering deities Mithras, Minerva, Jupiter, Jupiter Dolichenus, Asclepius, Apollo, Mercury, Silvanus, Isis, Hercules in Latin inscriptions. File: deities_decline.csv

Spatial proximity analysis measurements. WEST_GEO_DIST(km) lists distances from Portorium West stations (N=11) to their nearest cult proxy in kilometers in geographical space; WEST_NET_DIST(m) lists distances from Portorium West stations (N=11) to their nearest cult proxy in meters across the transportation network of Roman roads; EAST_GEO_DIST(km) and EAST_NET_DIST(m) follow the same rationale for stations in the Portorium East group (N=16); NORICUM_DIST_NET_30(m) lists distances from Roman settlements in the province Noricum (and in the distance of 30 kilometers beyond the borders of Noricum) to their nearest cult proxy and portorium stations across the transportation network of Roman roads in meters (N=53). File: Distances.xlsx

Filtered Mithras_AC dataset with additional evidence from provinces neighboring Noricum for the purposes of correlation analysis. File: Mithras_AC_Noricum_neighbors.geojson

Results of Spearman correlation analysis for NORICUM_DIST_NET_30(m). File: NORICUM_RES_NET_30.csv

Geocoded Stations of the Publicum Portorium Illyrici. File: Portorium stations.csv

Portorium stations divided by administrative segments and attributed with periods based on Sarkisjan's dissertation. Files: Portorium_West_period.csv; Portorium_East_period.csv

Portorium members identified by inscriptions based on Sarkisjan's dissertation. File: Portorium_members.csv

The closest Mithraic evidence from the Mithras_AC to Portorium West and East stations with a chronological description. Files: mithras_ac_west_closest_period.csv; mithras_ac_east_closest_period.csv