Time in Roman Religion: One Thousand Years of Religious History

ISBN-13: 9781138802322 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 224 str.

Gary Forsythe;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

Here, author Gary Forsythe examines both the religious history of the Roman Republic and the religious history of the Roman Empire. These six studies are unified by the important role played by various concepts of time in Roman religious thought and practice.

Recenzje

"Each chapter is a highly polished gem of scholarship on a vital topic." -- Daniel Harmon, University of Washington, USA

Spis treści

1. Preliminary Examination of the Roman Calendar  2. The After Days and Other Curiosities  3. The Rites of the Argei  4. Origin and History of the Ludi Saeculares  5. Magna Mater and the Taurobolium  6. The Non-Christian Origin of Christmas  Notes  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Gary Forsythe is Associate Professor of Ancient History, Texas Tech University. He is the author of A Critical History of Early Rome (2005) and of The Historian L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi and the Roman Annalistic Tradition (1994), as well as numerous articles and reviews.