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Dictionary of Roman Religion
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Lesley Adkins |
Long overshadowed by Greek mythology or treated peripherally in general texts on the ancient Roman world, Roman religion is finally accorded its due and set in its full context as no other reference … |
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Constantine
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Paul Stephenson |
This book is a fascinating survey of the life and enduring legacy of perhaps the greatest and most unjustly ignored of the Roman emperors-written by a richly gifted historian. In 312 A.D., Constantin… |
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Ritual Matters
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Jennifer Knust,Claudia Moser |
154 pages : 29 cm |
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Rethinking Constantine
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Edward L. Smither |
What happens to the church when the emperor becomes a Christian? Seventeen hundred years after Constantine's victory at Milvian Bridge, scholars and students of history continue to debate the life an… |
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Ephesos metropolis of Asia
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Helmut Koester |
This volume brings together studies of Ephesos - a major city in the Greco-Roman period and a primary center for the spread of Christianity into the Western world - by an international array of schol… |
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Isis and Sarapis in the Roman World
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Sarolta A. Takács |
This work deals with the integration of the cult of Isis among Roman cults, the subsequent transformation of Isis and Sarapis into gods of the Roman state, and the epigraphic employment of the names … |
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The Cult of Silvanus
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Peter F. Dorcey |
In this work, the author collects and analyzes the epigraphic and archaeological evidence for the cult of Silvanus, the Roman god of agriculture and forests. Silvanus is an important focus of investi… |
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The Imperial Cult in the Latin West
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Duncan Fishwick |
This work deals with the institution and evolution of imperial cult at the provincial level from the earliest foundations under Augustus down to the mid-third century A.D. On the basis of detailed ex… |
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King of the Wood
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Julia T. Dyson |
"In King of the Wood, Julia T. Dyson offers a radical reinterpretation of Virgil's Aeneid. She persuasively argues that Aeneas' final sacrifice of Turnus, which has perpetually troubled readers, is d… |
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