Cult Places And Cult Personnel In The Roman Empire

Author : Duncan Fishwick
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000940275

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Cult Places and Cult Personnel in the Roman Empire by Duncan Fishwick Pdf

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.

Author : Tesse Dieder Stek
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789089641779

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Cult Places and Cultural Change in Republican Italy by Tesse Dieder Stek Pdf

Summary: This study throws new light on the Roman impact on Italic religious structures in the last four centuries BC and, more generally, on the complex processes of change and accommodation set in motion by the Roman expansion in Italy. Cult places had a pivotal function among the various 'Italic' tribes known to us from the ancient sources, which had been gradually conquered and subsequently controlled by Rome. Through an analysis of archaeological, literary and epigraphic evidence from rural cult places in Central and Southern Italy including a case study on the Samnite temple of San Giovanni in Galdo, the authors investigate the fluctuating function of cult places in among the non-Roman Italic communities, before and after the establishment of Roman rule.

Author : Tesse Dieder Stek,G.-J. L. M. Burgers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Cults
ISBN : 1905670583

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Impact of Rome on Cult Places and Religious Practices in Ancient Italy by Tesse Dieder Stek,G.-J. L. M. Burgers Pdf

Author : Ghislaine van der Ploeg
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004372771

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The Impact of the Roman Empire on the Cult of Asclepius by Ghislaine van der Ploeg Pdf

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.

Author : S. R. F. Price
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : 052131268X

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Rituals and Power by S. R. F. Price Pdf

Simon Price attempts to discover why the Roman Emperor was treated like a god.

Author : Duncan Fishwick
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Cults
ISBN : 9004125396

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The Imperial Cult in the Latin West by Duncan Fishwick Pdf

This volume analyzes the priesthood of the provincial cult in every province of the Latin West where evidence has survived in the period from Augustus down to the mid-third century. Particular attention is paid to the epigraphic record, notably the Testimony of honorific statues.

Author : Anthony Briggman,Ellen Scully
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813235349

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New Narratives for Old by Anthony Briggman,Ellen Scully Pdf

Guilds and conferences have grown up around historical theology, yet no volume has ever been dedicated to the definition and illustration of the method undergirding historical theology. This volume both defines and illustrates the methodology of historical theology, especially as it relates to the study of early Christianity, and situates historical theology among other methodological approaches to early Christianity, including confessional apologetics, constructive theology, and socio-cultural history. Historical theology as a discipline stands in contrast to these other approaches to the study of early Christianity. In contrast to systematic or constructive approaches, it remains essentially historical, with a desire to elucidate the past rather than speak to the present. In contrast to socio-historical approaches, it remains essentially theological, with a concern to value and understand the full complexity of the abstract thought world that stands behind the textual tradition of early Christian theology. Moreover, historical theology is characterized by the methodological presupposition that, unless good reason exists to think otherwise, the theological accounts of the ancient church articulate the genuine beliefs of their authors. The significance of this volume lies in the methodological definition it offers. The strength of this volume lies in the fact that its definition of the historical method of studying theology is not the work of a single mind but that of over twenty respected scholars, many of whom are leaders in the field. The volume begins with an introductory essay that orients readers to various approaches to early Christian literature, it moves to two technical essays that define the historical method of studying early Christian theology, and then it illustrates the practice of this method with more than twenty essays that cover a period stretching from the first century to the dawn of the seventh.

Author : Jörg Rüpke,Greg Woolf
Publisher : Kohlhammer Verlag
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783170292253

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Religion in the Roman Empire by Jörg Rüpke,Greg Woolf Pdf

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.

Author : Duncan Fishwick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351553421

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Precinct, Temple and Altar in Roman Spain by Duncan Fishwick Pdf

The studies included in this volume supplement the work already published by the author on the imperial cult in the Roman West, focussing on the monuments of two cities in Roman Spain, Augusta Emerita (now Mda) and Tarraco (now Tarragona). The introduction gives the general background and context of the four following studies and argues in favour of proactive initiative from the centre.The core of the book is a study of the provincial forum at Augusta Emerita. It opens with a historiographic survey followed by discussion of the plaza (location, portico, "Arco de Trajano"), then surveys other structures and their general architectonic significance. Discussion of the hexastyle temple at the centre of the precinct considers its date of construction and the influence of the provincial governor, L. Fulcinius Trio, in copying the Aedes Concordiae at Rome. Two long sections assigned to analysis of inscriptions and the significance of the provincial centre of Lusitania complete the study.Discussion of the "Temple of Augustus" in Tarragona, in Chapter 3, begins with a historiography of the temple followed by an account of its discovery by ground-probing radar and electric resistivity tomography. After arguing that the temple was provincial ab initio - rather than first municipal then provincial - discussion moves to present opinion on the successive stages of the construction and design of the temple with a final chapter on the significance of the Temple of Hispania Citerior.Two final studies consider the numismatic evidence for an Ara Providentiae at Augusta Emerita, its counterpart in Rome, and the inferred presence of a templum minus at Augusta Emerita with its enigmatic portrayal of Agrippa at sacrifice fifty years after his death. As for the location of this copy of a Roman prototype, analysis focuses on the evidence for a supposed temple in the forum adiectum of the colonial forum and considers the iconographic recomposition of

Author : Maggie Popkin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781316517567

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Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome by Maggie Popkin Pdf

This book uses ancient souvenirs and memorabilia to reveal the experiences, interests, imaginations, and aspirations of ordinary ancient Romans.

Author : Eric Orlin
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199731558

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Foreign Cults in Rome by Eric Orlin Pdf

Introduction -- Foreign cults in Rome -- Cult introductions of the third century -- Foreign priests in Rome -- Prodigies and expiations -- Ludi -- Establishing boundaries in the second century -- The challenges of the first century.

Author : Charles W. King
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781477320228

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The Ancient Roman Afterlife by Charles W. King Pdf

A comprehensive study of the manes, their worship, and their place in Roman conceptions of their society. In ancient Rome, it was believed some humans were transformed into special, empowered beings after death. These deified dead, known as the manes, watched over and protected their surviving family members, possibly even extending those relatives’ lives. But unlike the Greek hero-cult, the worship of dead emperors, or the Christian saints, the manes were incredibly inclusive—enrolling even those without social clout, such as women and the poor, among Rome’s deities. The Roman afterlife promised posthumous power in the world of the living. While the manes have often been glossed over in studies of Roman religion, this book brings their compelling story to the forefront, exploring their myriad forms and how their worship played out in the context of Roman religion’s daily practice. Exploring the place of the manes in Roman society, Charles King delves into Roman beliefs about their powers to sustain life and bring death to individuals or armies, examines the rituals the Romans performed to honor them, and reclaims the vital role the manes played in the ancient Roman afterlife. “King ranges widely across literary genres, law, epigraphy, and archaeology. He provides a thorough, rigorous, and well-documented study of an aspect of Roman religion and culture that, despite its importance, has so far not received due attention.” —James B. Rives, author of Religion in the Roman Empire “Groundbreaking . . . An invaluable resource for scholars of religion, funerary practice and afterlife in ancient Rome and more generally . . . King aims to use his model of variability in Roman belief to show the cult of the dead as inclusive of all Romans, living and deceased. Through extensive literary evidence and select cross-cultural comparisons, he largely succeeds. This stands to become a foundational text.” —Antiquity “King presents many attractive impressions of Roman society in his study . . . King’s major thesis—that Romans regarded their dead as gods, thought about them, communicated with them, attended to them, and intended to join them—is conclusively presented.” —Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Author : Louis Matthews Sweet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Cults
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011934580

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Roman Emperor Worship by Louis Matthews Sweet Pdf

Author : Nigel Rodgers,Hazel Dodge
Publisher : Southwater Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1844777456

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Life in Ancient Rome by Nigel Rodgers,Hazel Dodge Pdf

The magnificent world of ancient Rome is revealed through the lives and works of its many citizens, freedmen and slaves as well as through its art, architecture and daily social routines.

Author : Robert Turcan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Cults
ISBN : OCLC:1029026877

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The Cults of the Roman Empire by Robert Turcan Pdf