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PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-101409436861
ISBN-139781409436867
eBay Product ID (ePID)110851626
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Number of Pages338 Pages
Publication NameCult, Ritual, Divinity and Belief in the Roman World
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAncient / Rome, History, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, Social Science, History
AuthorDuncan Fishwick
SeriesVariorum Collected Studies
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight31.3 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width7 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2011-934459
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number994
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal292.213
Table Of ContentContents: Preface; Part I Divinity and Power: Votive offerings to the emper∨ Prudentius and the cult of Divus Augustus; Ovid and Divus Augustus; Seneca and the temple of Divus Claudius; Soldier and emper∨ A silver aedicula at Mérida; The deification of Claudius. Part II The Imperial Numen: The imperial numen in Britain; Numen Augusti; Le numen impérial en Afrique romai≠Numinibus Aug(ustorum); Numen Augustum; Numinibus domus divinae. Part III The Imperial Cult: Review and Discussion: Review of S.R.F. Price, Rituals and Power. The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Min∨ A critical assessment: on the imperial cult in Religions of Rome. Part IV Rituals and Ceremonies: The Cannophori and the March festival of Magna Mater; Hastiferi; Pliny and the Christians: the rites ad imaginem principis; Un don de statues d'argent à Narbo Martius; Imperial processions at Augusta Emerita. Part V Ainigmata: An early Christian cryptogram; The Talpioth ossuaries again; On the origin of the Rotas-Sator square; Un code secret à Shugborough Hall?; Indexes.
SynopsisThe papers assembled in this selection of studies range in subject matter from early Judaic magic to an inscribed monument of the Neo-Classical period. The principal emphasis of the collection is nevertheless on religious developments under the High Roman Empire: problems arising from the interpretation of oriental cults imported from the Hellenistic East but primarily the development of imperial cult, the one universal religion of the empire before the coming of Christianity.The essays divide into five categories: Divinity and Power; The Imperial Numen; The Imperial Cult: Review and Discussion; Rituals and Ceremonies; Ainigmata. The titles of the individual articles speak for themselves but readers may also find the preface of interest in so far as it sets out the author's ideas on the controversial nature of the emperor's divinity. While this is a topic deserving of a book in its own right, the preface together with the points raised by individual studies within the overall framework may go some way to repairing this defficiency., The papers in this selection of studies range in subject matter from early Judaic magic to an inscribed monument of the Neo-Classical period. The principal emphasis of the collection is nevertheless on religious developments under the High Roman Empire: problems arising from the interpretation of oriental cults imported from the Hellenistic East but primarily the development of imperial cult, the one universal religion of the empire before the coming of Christianity., The papers assembled in this selection of studies range in subject matter from early Judaic magic to an inscribed monument of the Neo-Classical period. The principal emphasis of the collection is nevertheless on religious developments under the High Roman Empire: problems arising from the interpretation of oriental cults imported from the Hellenistic East but primarily the development of imperial cult, the one universal religion of the empire before the coming of Christianity. The essays divide into five categories: Divinity and Power; The Imperial Numen; The Imperial Cult: Review and Discussion; Rituals and Ceremonies; Ainigmata. The titles of the individual articles speak for themselves but readers may also find the preface of interest in so far as it sets out the author's ideas on the controversial nature of the emperor's divinity. While this is a topic deserving of a book in its own right, the preface together with the points raised by individual studies within the overall framework may go some way to repairing this defficiency.
LC Classification NumberBL805
