Sodalitas Graeciae (Nova Roma)/Religion from the Papyri/Roman Gods

Zeus Capitolios

One of the only references to a Roman god being worshipped is found in BGU II 362 (215 CE) and P. Mil. vogl. IV 233 (third cen. CE) from the Arsinoite nome. The god is Zeus Capitolios, that is, Jupiter Capitolinus. The cult likely sprang up as a result Caracalla's granting of citizenship in 212. For discussion of the cult see, Beard and North, Religions of Rome vol. 1 (Cambridge: 1998) 262-3. For discussion of the temple account in BGU 362, see Johnson, An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome, vol. 2 Roman Egypt (Baltimore: 1936) 662-8. The relevant lines referring to the god are below.

BGU II 362, pg. III, l. 1-5 and V, l. 4-5.
III [Ἀναγραφ]αὶ δημοσίων λ[όγων] [παρ'ἐ]μοῦ Αὐρηλίου Σερήνου το[ῦ καὶ Ἰσ]ιδώρου [κοσμη]τ(οῦ) βουλ(ευτοῦ), ἁιρεθέντος ὑπὸ τῆ[ς] κρατίστης [βουλ(ῆς) εἰς] ἐπιμέλειαν τῶν προσηκόντων τῷ πα [ρ' ἡμεῖν θ]εῷ Διεὶ Καπιτωλίνωι V εἰς ἐπιμ[έλεια]ν τῶν προσηκόντων τῷ πα[ρ'] ἡμεῖν θεῷ Διεὶ Κα[πι]τωλίνῷ ἑιλάμεθα σέ

P. Mil. vogl. IV 233, l. 7
περὶ κώμην [ἀρούρ]ας δέκα οὔσας τε τῆς πόλεως καί τοῦ Διὸς Καπιτωλίου