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The cult of Mithras in late antiquity : development, decline, and demise ca. A.D. 270-430 /
"In The Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity David Walsh explores how the cult of Mithras developed across the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D. and why by the early 5th century the cult had completely disappeared. Contrary to the traditional narrative that the cult was violently persecuted out of existe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2018.
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| Colección: | Late antique archaeology. Supplementary series ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; Foreword; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; Religious Change in Late Antiquity: Changing Scholarly Views; The Cult of Mithras: A Brief Introduction; The Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity: Changing Scholarly Views; The Structure of This Volume; Selecting the Evidence; A Note on Terminology; Chapter 1 The Development of the Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity; The Location of Mithraea; Mithraic Architecture; Mithraic Iconography; Patronage and Membership; Mithraic Hierarchies; Ritual Practice; Initiation Rituals; Sacrifices; Feasts; Votive Practices
- The Ritual Fragmentation of ObjectsVariations of the Name 'Mithras'; Conclusion; Chapter 2 The Decline of the Cult I: The Evidence; Introduction; The Decline in Construction/Restoration of Mithraea; Mithraea and Wider Patterns of Construction and Repair in Late Antiquity; Charting the Declining Use of Individual Mithraea; Conclusion; Chapter 3 The Decline of the Cult II: Explaining the Decline; Introduction; Declining Populations; Changing Social Networks; Changes in Mithraic Rituals; Coercion by the Imperial Government; Conclusion; Chapter 4 The Fate of Mithraea; Introduction
- Geographical and Chronological Variation in the Fate of MithraeaFactors Contributing to the Fate of Mithraea; Christian Iconoclasm; 'Barbarian' Incursions; Civil War; Imperial Legislation; Natural Disasters and Accidental Destruction; Conclusion; Appendix A: Gazetteer of Mithraea Active in the 4th c. and Those That Exhibit Evidence of Christian Iconoclasm; A. Britain; A.1 Borcovicium (Housesteads); A.2 Brocolitia (Carrawburgh); A.3 Londinium (London); B. Germany; B.1 Biesheim; B.2 Bornheim-Sechtem; B.3 Gimmeldingen; B.4 Reichweiler; B.5 Rockenhausen; C. Noricum; C.1 Ad Enum (Pons Aeni)
- C.2 Lentia (Linz)C.3 Schachadorf; C.4 St. Urban; D. Pannonia; D.1 Aquincum IV ('of Symphorus'); D.2 Carnuntum I; D.3 Carnuntum III; D.4 Poetovio II (Ptuj); D.5 Poetovio III; D.6 Poetovio V; E. Dalmatia; E.1 Arupium (Prozor) I and II; E.2 Epidaurum (Cavtat); E.3 Jajce; E.4 Konjic; F. Italy (Excluding Rome and Ostia); F.1 Capua; F.2 Ponza; F.3 Spoletium; F.4 Timavo; F.5 Vulci; G. Gaul; G.1 Augusta Treverorum (Trier); G.2 Burdigala (Bordeaux); G.3 Forum Claudii Vallensium Octodurensium (Martigny); G.4 Les Bolards; G.5 Mackwiller; G.6 Pons Saravi (Sarrebourg); G.7 Septeuil; G.8 Tienen
- G.9 Venetonimagus (Vieu-en-Val-Romney)H. Spain; H.1 Lucus Augusti (Lugo); I. North Africa; I.1 Lambaesis; J. The Eastern Mediterranean; J.1 Caesarea Maritima; J.2 Doliche; J.3 Hawarte; J.4 Ša'āra; Appendix B: Mithraea Constructed and Repaired ca. AD 201-400; Bibliography; Index