Cult Places and Cult Personnel in the Roman Empire
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ancient ritual spaces
archaeological evidence
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Divus Augustus
epigraphic analysis
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federal priesthood
Gallic knight
geophysical survey methods
Iconography and ideology
imperial cult studies
Julius Caesar
phantom temples
provincial centre
religious practitioners
Two priesthoods
western Roman religious archaeology
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- ISBN 9781472414731
- Weight: 890g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 28 Feb 2014
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The twenty-one studies assembled in this volume focus on the apparatus and practitioners of religions in the western Roman empire, the enclaves, temples, altars and monuments that served the cults of a wide range of divinities through the medium of priests and worshippers. Discussion focuses on the analysis or reconstruction of the centres at which devotees gathered and draws on the full range of available evidence. While literary authorities remain of primary concern, these are for the most part overshadowed by other categories of evidence, in particular archaeology, epigraphy, numismatics and iconography, sources in some cases confirmed by the latest geophysical techniques - electrical resistivity tomography or ground-probing radar. The material is conveniently presented by geographical area, using modern rather than Latin terminology: Rome, Italy, Britain, Gaul, Spain, Hungary, along with a broader section that covers the empire in general. The titles of the various articles speak for themselves but readers may find the preface of interest in so far as it sets out my ideas on the use of ancient evidence and the pitfalls of some of the approaches favoured by modern scholars. Together with the wide range of individual papers the preface makes the book of interest to all students of the Roman empire as well as those specifically concerned with the history of religions.
Duncan Fishwick is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta, Canada.
