Religions of Rome: A History: 1 - Softcover

Beard, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521316820 ISBN 13: 9780521316828

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Synopsis

A comprehensive and radical new survey of religious life in Rome over the course of a millennium.

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Review

'These books are the result of years of patient scholarship and intellectual questioning. No other volume has covered such a time span so effectively and made such clear use of maps, illustrations and archaeological evidence.' Robin Lane-Fox, British Museum Magazine

Book Description

Religions of Rome offers the first full account of the history of the official cults of Rome from the 5th and 4th centuries BC to the 4th century AD. Volume 1, A History, is an analytic history, organised mainly chronologically, and covers such themes as 'imperial triumph', 'the place of religion', 'the boundaries of Roman religion', and 'the religions of imperial Rome'. Together with its companion volume, A Sourcebook, this is the most important survey of more than a thousand years of religious life at Rome.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521316820
• ISBN 13: 9780521316828
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 478