The Cults Of The Roman Empire
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The Cults Of The Roman Empire
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Author : Robert Turcan
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 1997-01-23
The Cults Of The Roman Empire written by Robert Turcan and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-23 with History categories.
This book is about the multiplicity of gods and religions that characterized the Roman world before Constantine. It was not the noble gods such as Jove, Apollo and Diana, who were crucial to the lives of the common people in the empire, bur gods of an altogether more earthly, earth level, whose rituals and observances may now seem bizarre. As well as being of wide general interest, this book will appeal to students of the Roman Empire and of the history of religion.
The Imperial Cult In The Latin West
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Author : Duncan Fishwick
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1987
The Imperial Cult In The Latin West written by Duncan Fishwick and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Architecture categories.
This volume focuses on provincial centres and the worship that was offered there in the name of the province. Despite the inadequacies of fleeting, defective evidence, a rough picture emerges of both the permanent headquarters and the principal features of provincial cults.
Foreign Cults In Rome
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Author : Eric Orlin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-08-27
Foreign Cults In Rome written by Eric Orlin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-27 with History categories.
Religion is a particularly useful field within which to study Roman self-definition, for the Romans considered themselves to be the most religious of all peoples and ascribed their imperial success to their religiosity. This study builds on the observation that the Romans were remarkably open to outside influences to explore how installing foreign religious elements as part of their own religious system affected their notions of what it meant to be Roman. The inclusion of so many foreign elements posed difficulties for defining a sense of Romanness at the very moment when a territorial definition was becoming obsolete. Using models drawn from anthropology, this book demonstrates that Roman religious activity beginning in the middle Republic (early third century B.C.E.) contributed to redrawing the boundaries of Romanness. The methods by which the Romans absorbed cults and priests and their development of practices in regard to expiations and the celebration of ludi allowed them to recreate a clear sense of identity, one that could include the peoples they had conquered. While this identity faced further challenges during the civil wars of the Late Republic, the book suggests that Roman openness remained a vital part of their religious behavior during this time. Foreign Cults in Rome concludes with a brief look at the reforms of the first emperor Augustus, whose activity can be understood in light of Republican activity, and whose actions laid the foundation for further adaptation under the Empire.
Religion In The Roman Empire
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Author : Jörg Rüpke
language : en
Publisher: Kohlhammer Verlag
Release Date : 2021-10-06
Religion In The Roman Empire written by Jörg Rüpke and has been published by Kohlhammer Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-06 with Religion categories.
The Roman Empire was home to a fascinating variety of different cults and religions. Its enormous extent, the absence of a precisely definable state religion and constant exchanges with the religions and cults of conquered peoples and of neighbouring cultures resulted in a multifaceted diversity of religious convictions and practices. This volume provides a compelling view of central aspects of cult and religion in the Roman Empire, among them the distinction between public and private cult, the complex interrelations between different religious traditions, their mutually entangled developments and expansions, and the diversity of regional differences, rituals, religious texts and artefacts.
Cult Places And Cult Personnel In The Roman Empire
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Author : Duncan Fishwick
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-05-31
Cult Places And Cult Personnel In The Roman Empire written by Duncan Fishwick and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-31 with History categories.
The twenty-one studies assembled in this volume focus on the apparatus and practitioners of religions in the western Roman empire, the enclaves, temples, altars and monuments that served the cults of a wide range of divinities through the medium of priests and worshippers. Discussion focuses on the analysis or reconstruction of the centres at which devotees gathered and draws on the full range of available evidence. While literary authorities remain of primary concern, these are for the most part overshadowed by other categories of evidence, in particular archaeology, epigraphy, numismatics and iconography, sources in some cases confirmed by the latest geophysical techniques - electrical resistivity tomography or ground-probing radar. The material is conveniently presented by geographical area, using modern rather than Latin terminology: Rome, Italy, Britain, Gaul, Spain, Hungary, along with a broader section that covers the empire in general. The titles of the various articles speak for themselves but readers may find the preface of interest in so far as it sets out my ideas on the use of ancient evidence and the pitfalls of some of the approaches favoured by modern scholars. Together with the wide range of individual papers the preface makes the book of interest to all students of the Roman empire as well as those specifically concerned with the history of religions.
Rituals And Power
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Author : S. R. F. Price
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1984
Rituals And Power written by S. R. F. Price and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with History categories.
Simon Price attempts to discover why the Roman Emperor was treated like a god.
The Impact Of The Roman Empire On The Cult Of Asclepius
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Author : Ghislaine van der Ploeg
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-07-03
The Impact Of The Roman Empire On The Cult Of Asclepius written by Ghislaine van der Ploeg and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-03 with History categories.
In The Impact of the Roman Empire on The Cult of Asclepius Ghislaine van der Ploeg offers an analysis of the cult of Asclepius during the Roman imperial period and how worship was adapted and disseminated at this time.
The Gods Of Ancient Rome
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Author : Robert Turcan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-28
The Gods Of Ancient Rome written by Robert Turcan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with Religion categories.
First published in 2001. This is a vivid account of what their gods meant to the Romans from archaic times to late antiquity, and an exploration of the rites and rituals connected to them. After an extensive introduction into the nature of classical religion, the book is divided into three pain main parts: religions of the family and land; religions of the city; and religions of the empire. The book ends with the rise and impact Christianity. Using archaeological and epigraphic evidence, and drawling extensively on a wide range of relevant literary material, this book is ideally suited for undergraduate courses in the history of Rome and its religions. Its urbane style and lightly worn scholarship will broaden its appeal to the large number of non-academic readers with a serious interest in the classical world.
The Imperial Cult In The Latin West Volume 2 Studies In The Ruler Cult Of The Western Provinces Of The Roman Empire Part 2 2
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Author : Duncan Fishwick
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-09-01
The Imperial Cult In The Latin West Volume 2 Studies In The Ruler Cult Of The Western Provinces Of The Roman Empire Part 2 2 written by Duncan Fishwick and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-01 with History categories.
Open worship of the Roman Emperor with sacrifice, priests, altar and temple was in theory contrary to official policy in Rome. The cult of the living emperor by less direct means, however, might be achieved in various ways: the offering of cult to his companion genius or the divine numen immanent within him; the elevation of the Imperial house to a level at which it became godlike; the formal placing of the emperor on a par with the gods by making dedications to him ut deo; the conversion of divinities of every kind into Augustan gods that served as the Emperor's helper and protector; the creation of Augustan Blessings and Virtues that personified the qualities and benefactions of the emperor. Volume II, 2 completes the preliminary set of studies with a select bibliography, indexes and corrigenda to Vols. I, 1-2 and II, 1.
The Imperial Cult In The Latin West
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Author : Duncan Fishwick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Imperial Cult In The Latin West written by Duncan Fishwick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Rome categories.
Open worship of the Roman Emperor with sacrifice, priests, altar and temple was in theory contrary to official policy in Rome. The cult of the living emperor by less direct means, however, might be achieved in various ways: the offering of cult to his companion genius or the divine numen immanent within him; the elevation of the Imperial house to a level at which it became godlike; the formal placing of the emperor on a par with the gods by making dedications to him ut deo ; the conversion of divinities of every kind into Augustan gods that served as the Emperor's helper and protector; the creation of Augustan Blessings and Virtues that personified the qualities and benefactions of the emperor. Volume II, 2 completes the preliminary set of studies with a select bibliography, indexes and corrigenda to Vols. I, 1-2 and II, 1.