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Religions of Rome: A History

Religions of Rome: A History

Mary Beard
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This book offers a radical survey of over a 1000 years of religious life, from the foundation of Rome to its rise to world empire & Xian conversion. It sets religion in its full cultural context, between the primitive hamlet of the 8th century BCE & the cosmopolitan, multicultural society of the 1st centuries of the Xian era. A companion volume, Religions of Rome, Vol 2: A Sourcebook, sets out a wide range of documents, illustrating the religious life in the Roman world.
Acknowledgements
Preface
Conventions & abbreviations
Maps
1 Early Rome
2 Imperial triumph & religious change
3 Religion in the late Republic
4 The place of religion: Rome in the early Empire
5 The boundaries of Roman religion
6 The religions of imperial Rome
7 Roman religion & Roman Empire
8 Roman religion & Christian emperors: 4th & 5th centuries Bibliography
Details of maps & illustrations
Index
Language
English
Pages
476
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Release
June 28, 1998
ISBN
0521316820
ISBN 13
9780521316828

Religions of Rome: A History

Mary Beard
4.1/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
This book offers a radical survey of over a 1000 years of religious life, from the foundation of Rome to its rise to world empire & Xian conversion. It sets religion in its full cultural context, between the primitive hamlet of the 8th century BCE & the cosmopolitan, multicultural society of the 1st centuries of the Xian era. A companion volume, Religions of Rome, Vol 2: A Sourcebook, sets out a wide range of documents, illustrating the religious life in the Roman world.
Acknowledgements
Preface
Conventions & abbreviations
Maps
1 Early Rome
2 Imperial triumph & religious change
3 Religion in the late Republic
4 The place of religion: Rome in the early Empire
5 The boundaries of Roman religion
6 The religions of imperial Rome
7 Roman religion & Roman Empire
8 Roman religion & Christian emperors: 4th & 5th centuries Bibliography
Details of maps & illustrations
Index
Language
English
Pages
476
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Release
June 28, 1998
ISBN
0521316820
ISBN 13
9780521316828

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