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ancient Roman beliefs
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Dicta Memorabilia
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Eternal Glory
Fabius Maximus
gracchus
Holds
Immortal Gods
imperial cult studies
Iuppiter Optimus Maximus
Juno's Temple
Juno’s Temple
jupiter
Jupiter Optimus Maximus
Livy
moral philosophy history
Mos Maiorum
optimus
pax
religious rituals analysis
rhetoric
Ritual Vocabulary
Roman historiography
Roman Religion
Roman religion and morality scholarship
Sacred Couches
scipio
Scipio Africanus Major
Sui
Tiberian era politics
Tiberian Rome
tiberius
Tiberius Gracchus
Traditional Roman Religion
Triumphal Chariot
valerian
Valerian Rhetoric
Valerius Maximus
Velleius Paterculus
Violated
Product details
- ISBN 9780415271080
- Weight: 560g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 14 Mar 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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DID THE GODS OF ROME CARE ABOUT PERSONAL MORALITY? Valerius Maximus was an indefatigable collector of historical anecdotes illustrating vice and virtue; his Memorable Deeds and Sayings are unparalleled as a source for the opinions of Romans in the early empire on a vast range of subjects. Mueller’s study focuses on what Valerius can tell us about contemporary Roman attitudes to religion, attacking several orthodoxies along the way. He argues that Roman religion could be deeply emotional, that it was possible to believe passionately in the divinity of the emperor – even when, like Tiberius, he was still alive – and that Rome’s gods and religious rituals had an important role in fostering conventional morality. The study further explores elements of ancient rhetoric, Roman historiography, and Tiberian Rome. The fact that Valerius was a contemporary of Jesus means his work is also valuable in reflecting the attitudes and beliefs of the ruling class to which Christ and his followers were politically subject, and which formed the background to the growth and persecution of Christianity.
HANS-FRIEDRICH MUELLER is Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Florida. In addition to lexicographical contributions to the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, he has published articles on Greek and Roman historiography and Roman religion
