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Emperor worship and Roman religion /
"This book presents the first study of emperor worship among the Romans themselves, both in Rome and in its heartland Italy. It argues that emperor worship was indeed perfectly in keeping with Roman religious tradition, which has been generally misunderstood by a posterity imbued in radically d...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Series: | Oxford classical monographs.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Before the Caesars
- 3. Caesar's Divine Honours
- 4. Beyond Rome: 'By Municipal Deification'
- 5. The Augustan Settlement
- 6. The Augustan Heritage and Mad Emperors
- 7. The Emperor's Genius in State Cult
- 8. 'In Every House'? The Emperor in the Roman Household
- 9. Corporate Worship
- 10. Numen Augustum
- 11. A Parallel: C. Manlius, Caeretan 'Caesar'
- 12. 'Heavenly Honours Decreed by the Senate': From Emperor to Divus
- App. 1. Dedications from Italy to the Genius of Living Non-imperials
- App. 2. Dedications from Italy to the Genius Augusti up to A.D. 235
- App. 3. Titles of Municipal Priests of Emperors in Italy from Inscriptional Sources.