Religion
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Augustus et sarcerdos: Untursuchungen zum römischen Kaiser als Priester [Hardback]
Ruth Stepper (Author)
$83.00ISBN: 9783515084451
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Roman emperors not only exercised extreme political and military might, they also occupied the supreme religious role of pontifex maximus , the high priest of Rome. This detailed and annotated study, originally a thesis, makes full use of the sou... .... Learn More -
Religions of the Hellenistic-Roman Age [Paperback]
Antonia Tripolitis (Author)
$18.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780802849137
Published by : Wm B Eerdmans Publishing Co
This engaging volume traces the development of the principal Western religions and their philosophical alternatives from the beginnings of Alexander the Great's empire in 331 B.C.E. to the emergence of the Christian world in the fourth century ... .... Learn More -
Religion und Erinnerung: Religionspolitik Kaiser Hadrians und ihre Rezeption in der antiken Literature [Paperback]
Peter Kuhlmann (Author)
$57.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9783525355718
Published by : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Series: FORMEN DER ERINNERUNG
Volume: 12
Kuhlmann's dissertation examines the documentary evidence for the religious policies of Hadrian during the 2nd century AD and considers the imapct of these on the philosophical, historical and literary works of the Empire. Sections examine the rel... .... Learn More -
Romans and Christians [Paperback]
Dominic Janes (Author)
$29.99Out of stock
ISBN: 9780752419541
Published by : Tempus Publishing Ltd
Images, both artistic and architectural, were an integral part of the ways in which Romans and Christians spread their message across the empire. Initially, this `visual history' discusses how Rome's power was projected through the construction of... .... Learn More -
The Religious Life of Palmyra [Hardback]
Ted Kaizer (Author)
$97.00ISBN: 9783515080279
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
The Roman city of Palmyra had an outward appearance that was conventionally hellenised, but many aspects of social and religious life were influenced by a number of different cultures and both Greek and local Aramaic languages coexisted. This stud... .... Learn More -
La Religión del Poder [Paperback]
Fernando Lozano (Author)
$90.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9781841713199
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study examines the development of the imperial cult of Rome in Athens during the reigns of Augustus and the Julio-Claudian emperors. Based on ethnographic evidence, Fernando Lozano's study examines the social, political and economic conte... .... 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 -
Mos maiorum: Untersuchungen zu den Formen der Identitätsstiftung und Stabilisierung in der römischen Republik [Paperback]
Bernhard Linke (Author); Michael Stemmler (Author)
$104.00ISBN: 9783515076609
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Historia - Einzelschriften
Volume: 141
Eight papers from an interdisciplinary forum held at Dresden on change and stability in the relationship between the State and the individual during the Roman Republic. The heavily annotated papers focus on the changeable connection between soc... .... Learn More