Screen LibraryA companion to Roman religion
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture
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| Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470690970 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxx, 542 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 472-510) and indexes. |
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9780470766453 (electronic bk.) 047076645X (electronic bk.) 9781405185134 (electronic bk.) 1405185139 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | BL803 |
| CLC: | B929.5 |
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Roman religion--religions of Rome / Approaching Roman religion : the case for Wissenschaftsgeschichte / Changes -- The religion of archaic Rome / Pre-Roman Italy, before and under the Romans / Urban religion in the middle and late republic / Continuity and change : religion in the Augustan semi-century / Religions and the integration of cities in the empire in the second century AD : the creation of a common religious language / Old religions transformed : religions and religious policy from Decius to Constantine / Religious koine and religious dissent in the fourth century / Media -- The history of Roman religion in Roman historiography and epic / Religion and Roman coins / Reliefs, public and private / Inscriptions as sources of knowledge for religions and cults in the Roman world of imperial times / Religion in the house / Symbols and practices -- Roman cult sites : a pragmatic approach / Complex rituals : games and processions in republican Rome / Performing the sacred : prayers and hymns / Music and dance : forms of representation in pictorial and written sources / Sacrifices for gods and ancestors / Actors and actions -- Religious actors in daily life : practices and related beliefs / Republican nobiles : controlling the res publica / Emperors : caring for the empire and their successors / Urban elites in the Roman East : enhancing regional positions and social superiority / Living on religion : professionals and personnel / Different religious identities -- Roman diaspora Judaism / Creating one's own religion : intellectual choices / Institutionalized religious options : mithraism / The Romanness of Roman Christianity / Roman religion outside and seen from outside -- Exporting Roman religion / Religion in the Roman East / Roman religion in the vision of Tertullian / |