Religion
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Religious Acculturation and Assimilation in Belgic Gaul and Aquitania from the Roman Conquest until the end of the Second Century CE [Paperback]
Alasdair Watson (Author)
$95.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9781407300368
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The prevailing opinion regarding Gallo-Roman religion is that it was a fusion between the two religions. Scholars who dissent from this view can be divided into two different groups. On the one hand, scholars contend that, during a formative pe... .... Learn More -
Die Götter der Römer [Hardback]
Erika Simon (Author); Max Hirmer (Author)
$49.00ISBN: 9783777477701
Published by : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Der vorliegende Band stellt eine treffliche Einfuehrung in ein wesentliches Gebiet der Altertumswissenschaft dar. [Neue Zuercher Zeitung]
26 römische Gottheiten sind in diesem Band jeweils in einem eigenen Kapitel behandelt: 12 w... .... Learn More -
Roman Myths [Paperback]
Jane F. Gardner (Author)
$14.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9780292727687
Published by : University of Texas Press
An introduction to the various myths the Romans associated with their city, including its foundation and the work of writers such as Livy, Virgil and Ovid. Gardner examines the place of myth in the society, religion and literature of ancient Rome. .... Learn More -
Consolatory Rhetoric: Grief, Symbol and Ritual in the Greco-Roman Era [Hardback]
Donovan J. Ochs (Author)
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ISBN: 9780872498853
Published by : University of South Carolina Press
Consolatory Rhetoric explores Greco-Roman funeral rituals to reveal how opposing symbols functioned rhetorically to comfort communities afflicted by the death of one of their members. While the bulk of rhetorical criticism interprets written te... .... Learn More -
The End of Paganism in the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire: The example of the Mithras cult [Paperback]
Eberhard Sauer (Author)
$80.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780860548164
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The decline of Mithraism in the fourth century AD is used as a case-study for understanding the end of other classes of `paganism' in the Roman western provinces. The author reviews epigraphic and numismatic evidence to date the final uses of ... .... Learn More -
Götter and Kulte [Paperback]
Michael Zelle (Author)
$20.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9783792717844
Published by : Rheinland Kultur GmbH
A richly ilustrated guide to the religious beliefs of Germania Inferior based on the region's archaeological and architectural remains, especially in the Roman city of Colonia Ulpia Traiana and in the Augustan military base of Vetera. Zelle ini... .... Learn More -
Ancient Pathways and Hidden Pursuits [Hardback]
Georg Luck (Author)
$60.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780472107902
Published by : University of Michigan Press
In the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, people developed myths, magic, superstitions and religious beliefs in order to explain things that they could not account for and to try to understand their position within the universe. This book, which ... .... Learn More -
The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy [Paperback]
Yuri Stoyanov (Author)
$14.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9780300082531
Published by : Yale University Press
The Catholic and Orthodox Churches regarded dualism as a heresy that had been transmitted in secrecy from late Antiquity; dualist heretics believed that it was Christianity as it was intended before the Church corrupted it. In this complete re... .... Learn More