A Family of Gods : The Worship of the Imperial Family in the Latin West /

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Roman politics and religion were inherently linked as the Romansattempted to explain the world and their place within it. As Roman territory expanded and power became consolidated into the hands of oneman, people throughout the empire sought to define their relationship with the emperor by granting...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McIntyre, Gwynaeth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Religion.
Kings and rulers > Religious aspects.
Kings and rulers > Influence.
Emperor worship.
HISTORY > General.
Culte imperial > Rome.
Emperor worship > Rome.
Rome (Empire)
Rome > Religion.
Rome > Kings and rulers > Religious aspects.
Rome > Kings and rulers > Influence.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Center and periphery: the establishment of cult to the emperor and members of his family
  • Not quite gods: priests of living and nondeified members of the imperial family
  • Divi in the provinces: priesthoods, honors, and sacred space
  • Female divinities: the Divae and their priests
  • Magistrates or priests? The Augustales
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue: aeternae memoriae: the persistence of imperial cult practices in late antique north Africa.

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