Foreign cults in Rome : creating a Roman Empire / Eric M. Orlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orlin, Eric M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--History.

Rome.

Rome--Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Religion is a particularly useful field within which to study Roman self-definition, for the Romans considered themselves to be the most religious of all peoples and ascribed their imperial success to their religiosity. This study builds on the observation that the Romans were remarkably open to outside influences to explore how installing foreign religious elements as part of their own religious system affected their notions of what it meant to be Roman. The inclusion of so many foreign elements posed difficulties for defining a sense of Romanness at the very moment when a territorial definit

Contents:

Contents; Note on Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Foreign Cults in Rome; 2 Cult Introductions of the Third Century; 3 Foreign Priests in Rome; 4 Prodigies and Expiations; 5 Ludi; 6 Establishing Boundaries in the Second Century; 7 The Challenges of the First Century; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Sept. 7, 2010).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-045346-X

1-282-66140-X

0-19-978020-X

9786612661402

OCLC:

646788805