The economy of Roman religion / edited by Andrew Wilson, Nick Ray, & Angela Trentacoste. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wilson, Andrew, 1968- editor.

Ray, Nick, editor.

Trentacoste, Angela, editor.

Series:

Oxford studies on the Roman economy.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies on the Roman economy

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--Religion--Economic aspects.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This interdisciplinary edited volume presents twelve papers by Roman historians and archaeologists, discussing the interconnected relationship between religion and the Roman economy over the period c. 500 BC to AD 350.

Contents:

Cover

The Economy of Roman Religion

Copyright

Preface

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

List of Contributors

1. Introduction: Religion and the Roman Economy

Ancient Religion and Economic Mentality

Funding Religion

Temple Construction

The Economics of the Priesthood

Costs of Sacrifices

Donations and Offerings to Temples

Temple Revenues

Religion and the Roman Economy

The Structure of This Book

Future Directions

References

2. What Did Religion Cost in Ancient Rome?

Introduction

What Did Religion Cost at Rome?

Expenditure

Revenue

Consequences

Economics of Religion: Methodological Options

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

3. Investing in Religion: Religion and the Economy in Pre-Roman Central Italy

Tangible Commodities

Intangible Commodities

Archaic Rationales

Privileged Space

4 Cost Differences in Temple-Building between Rome and the Provinces

The Cost of the Architecture

Application of the Calculation Methodology to Buildings for which we Know the True Cost

Cost Comparison between the Templum Pacis and the Upper Terrace of the Tarraco Provincial Forum

The Templum Pacis

The Upper Terrace of the Provincial Forum at Tarraco

Analysis of the Cost Differences

Conclusions

5 Money changers in the Temple? Coins and Religion in the Roman World

Religion and the Origins of Coinage

The Role of Religion on coins

The Roman Republic

The Empire

The Greek East

Competition and the Cosmic Order

Temples as Financial Institutions

Temples as Lending Houses?

The Western Provinces

Changing Practices in the North-West

6 Cult Economy in the Eastern Provinces of the Roman Empire

Cult Economy.

Expenditure

Sources

Revenues

Revenues from Lease Rentals and Rentals of Sacred Property

More or Less Regular and Fixed Budgets Given to Some Sanctuaries by the Civic (or Federal) Institutions

Special Payments with a Specific Appropriation

Private Benefactions to Secure a Regular Income from A Foundation

One-Time Private Benefactions

Irregular Income such as Fines

Demography

Concluding Remarks

7 Impact of the Roman Conquest on Temple Economies in Egypt: A Case Study of the Temple of Soknopaios in Dime

The Roman Reforms of Egyptian Temples

The Temple of Soknopaios at Dime

Impact of Roman Reforms on Priests and Priestly Organization

Impact of Roman Reforms on Temple Revenues in Kind

Impact of the Roman Reforms on the Temple Income in Money

8 Animals in Roman Religion: The Economics behind the Rituals

The Sources

Explaining the Lack of Zooarchaeological Data for Ritual Activities for Roman Italy

Scale of Sacrifice: Large or Small

Public or Private

Choice of Animal

Pigs and Domestic Fowl

Costs, Supply, Sale, and Sacrifice of Animals

Supply of Sacrificial Animals

9 Sacred Flocks and Herds? The Implications of Animal Sacrifice at Rural and Suburban Romano-CelticShrines

10 Sacred Gifts, Profane Uses? Transfers and the Roman Religious Sphere

Gift-Giving in Ancient Rome: Concepts and Regulations

Funerary Donations and res religiosae

Sacred Places, Mutable Gifts, and the Business of Religion

Epilogue: Dignum templo dignum deo donum

11 Guilds and Gods: Religious Profiles of Occupational collegia and the Problem of the dendrophori

Introduction.

Religious Groups?

Religious Organization

Ceremonies and Processions

Temples and Religious Structures

Name-Title Association

Religious Dedication Profiles

The Problem of the dendrophori

Relation to Civic Authorities

A Professional Association?

Something to Do with Trees?

Internal Organization

Religious Profile of the dendrophori

12 Economic Implications of Roman Religious Systems

Statics: Interpenetration and Attraction

Dynamics: Religion and Economic Change

Polytheism and the Economy

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 27, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Wilson, Andrew The Economy of Roman Religion

ISBN:

0-19-197977-5

0-19-288354-2

0-19-288355-0

OCLC:

1381712474