Pablo Rodríguez-Valdés holds a BA and a MA in Classical Philology and a PhD in Humanities, with specialization in History of Religions, from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (September 2025). His research focuses on religious transformations in the Mediterranean area, especially in the province of Crete and Cyrene. He has held research posts at the Università di Roma ‘Sapienza’, the British School of Archaeology at Athens and the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation. He is also coordinator of the Reviews Section of the journal ARYS. Antiquity: Religions and Societies and co-editor of the book derived from the international conference Steps Ahead. New Trends in the Analysis of Roman Polytheism (forthcoming).

Bibliographie sélective 

• Rodríguez-Valdés, P. (forthcoming a). “Collectivity and Religious Identity: The Idea of Belonging in the Cult of Isis in Cyrene”, In Francesca Mazzilli, Achim Lichtenberger, Sophia Nomicos y Marian Helm, eds., Belonging and Sacred Spaces. Brill.
• Rodríguez-Valdés, P. (2025a). “Captiva sub pede: Iconography of Imperial Power in Crete and Cyrene”, Dialogues d’Histoire Ancienne 51/1.
• Rodríguez-Valdés, P. (2025b). “Snakes, arulae and a female puissance: a new interpretation of the divinity worshipped in the Cyrenaican sanctuary of Martuba », Libyan Studies 56.

Mots clés

Roman polytheism, Greek religion, Crete, Cyrene, Isis.