Empire and religion : religious change in Greek cities under Roman rule /

Empire and religion : religious change in Greek cities under Roman rule /

This volume explores the nature of religious change in the Greek-speaking cities of the Roman Empire. Emphasis is put on those developments that apparently were not the direct result of Roman actions: the intensification of idiosyncratically Greek features in the religious life of the cities (Heller...

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Other Authors: Muñiz Grijalvo, Elena., Cortés Copete, Juan Manuel., Lozano, Fernando

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Series: Impact of Empire 25.
Impact of Empire Online, ISBN: 9789004411142.

Subjects:

Greeks > Rome > Religion > History.
City and town life > Rome > History.
Social change > Rome > History.
Imperialism > Rome > Religious aspects > History.
Religion and politics > Rome > History.
Ritual > Rome > History.
Rome > Religious life and customs.
Rome > Religion.
Rome > Politics and government.
Rome > Civilization > Greek influences.

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Call Number: BL805 .E56 2017

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Summary:This volume explores the nature of religious change in the Greek-speaking cities of the Roman Empire. Emphasis is put on those developments that apparently were not the direct result of Roman actions: the intensification of idiosyncratically Greek features in the religious life of the cities (Heller, Muñiz, Camia); the active role of a new kind of Hellenism in the design of imperial religious policies (Gordillo, Galimberti, Rosillo-López); or the locally different responses to central religious initiatives, and the influence of those local responses in other imperial contexts (Cortés, Melfi, Lozano, Rizakis). All the chapters try to suggest that religion in the Greek cities of the empire was both conservative and innovative, and that the 'Roman factor' helps to explain this apparent paradox.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 221 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789004347113
ISSN:1572-0500 ;
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