Religions of Rome

Author(s)

• Beard, Mary
• North, John A.
• Price, S. R. F.

Bibliographic Information

Religions of Rome

Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price

Cambridge University Press, 1998

• v. 1 : hard
• v. 1 : pbk
• v. 2 : hard
• v. 2 : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents: v. 1. A history -- v. 2. A sourcebook

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 : hard ISBN 9780521304016

Description

This book offers a radical new survey of more than a thousand years of religious life at Rome. It sets religion in its full cultural context, between the primitive hamlet of the eighth century BC and the cosmopolitan, multicultural society of the first centuries of the Christian era. The narrative account is structured around a series of broad themes: how to interpret the Romans' own theories of their religious system and its origins; the relationship of religion and the changing politics of Rome; the religious importance of the layout and monuments of the city itself; changing ideas of religious identity and community; religious innovation - and, ultimately, revolution. The companion volume, Religions of Rome: A Sourcebook, sets out a wide range of documents richly illustrating the religious life in the Roman world.

Table of Contents

• 1. Early Rome
• 2. Imperial triumph and 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 and Roman Empire
• 8. Roman religion and Christian emperors: fourth and fifth centuries
• Bibliography.

Volume

v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9780521316828

Description

This book offers a radical new survey of more than a thousand years of religious life at Rome. It sets religion in its full cultural context, between the primitive hamlet of the eighth century BC and the cosmopolitan, multicultural society of the first centuries of the Christian era. The narrative account is structured around a series of broad themes: how to interpret the Romans' own theories of their religious system and its origins; the relationship of religion and the changing politics of Rome; the religious importance of the layout and monuments of the city itself; changing ideas of religious identity and community; religious innovation - and, ultimately, revolution. The companion volume, Religions of Rome: A Sourcebook, sets out a wide range of documents richly illustrating the religious life in the Roman world.

Table of Contents

• 1. Early Rome
• 2. Imperial triumph and 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 and Roman Empire
• 8. Roman religion and Christian emperors: fourth and fifth centuries
• Bibliography.

Volume

v. 2 : hard ISBN 9780521450157

Description

Volume two reveals the extraordinary diversity of ancient Roman religion. A comprehensive sourcebook, it presents a wide range of documents illustrating religious life in the Roman world - from the foundations of the city in the eighth century BC to the Christian capital more than a thousand years later. Each document is given a full introduction, explanatory notes and bibliography, and acts as a starting point for further discussion. Through paintings, sculptures, coins and inscriptions, as well as literary texts in translation, the book explores the major themes and problems of Roman religion, such as sacrifice, the religious calendar, divination, ritual, and priesthood. Starting from the archaeological traces of the earliest cults of the city, it finishes with a series of texts in which Roman authors themselves reflect on the nature of their own religion, its history, even its funny side. Judaism and Christianity are given full coverage, as important elements in the religious world of the Roman empire.

Table of Contents

• 1. Earliest Rome
• 2. The deities of Rome
• 3. The calendar
• 4. Religious places
• 5. Festivals and ceremonies
• 6. Sacrifices
• 7. Divination and diviners
• 8. Priests and priestesses
• 9. Individuals and gods: life and death
• 10. Rome outside Rome
• 11. Threats to the Roman order
• 12. Religious groups
• 13. Perspectives
• Glossary
• Deities and their epithets
• Bibliography
• Indexes.

Volume

v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9780521456463

Description

Volume two reveals the extraordinary diversity of ancient Roman religion. A comprehensive sourcebook, it presents a wide range of documents illustrating religious life in the Roman world - from the foundations of the city in the eighth century BC to the Christian capital more than a thousand years later. Each document is given a full introduction, explanatory notes and bibliography, and acts as a starting point for further discussion. Through paintings, sculptures, coins and inscriptions, as well as literary texts in translation, the book explores the major themes and problems of Roman religion, such as sacrifice, the religious calendar, divination, ritual, and priesthood. Starting from the archaeological traces of the earliest cults of the city, it finishes with a series of texts in which Roman authors themselves reflect on the nature of their own religion, its history, even its funny side. Judaism and Christianity are given full coverage, as important elements in the religious world of the Roman empire.

Table of Contents

• 1. Earliest Rome
• 2. The deities of Rome
• 3. The calendar
• 4. Religious places
• 5. Festivals and ceremonies
• 6. Sacrifices
• 7. Divination and diviners
• 8. Priests and priestesses
• 9. Individuals and gods: life and death
• 10. Rome outside Rome
• 11. Threats to the Roman order
• 12. Religious groups
• 13. Perspectives
• Glossary
• Deities and their epithets
• Bibliography
• Indexes.

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Details

• NCID: BA36955053
• ISBN:
  • 0521304016
  • 9780521316828
  • 0521450152
  • 9780521456463
• LCCN: 97021302
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BL802
  • DC21 : 200/.937/6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Rome -- Religion