Quaestiones propertianae /
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This comprehensive study deals with the major critical problems of one of the most difficult authors of Latin literature. It examines in a systematic fashion the two major factors which have been assumed to be responsible for the state of the transmitted text of Propertius: dislocation and interpolation. It also covers a large number of notorious cases of verbal corruption and discusses problems of the manuscript tradition on the basis of the most recent research. Beyond questions of textual criticism and history in the narrow sense the book provides also important exegetical remarks on many Propertian passages and deals in a separate chapter with problems of book and poem structure.
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1 online resource (xviii, 172 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. xiii-xviii) and indexes. :
9789004329928 :
0169-8958 ; :
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Isis and Sarapis in the Roman world /
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Isis and Sarapis in the Roman World deals with the integration of the cult of Isis among Roman cults, the subsequent transformation of Isis and Sarapis into gods of the Roman state, and the epigraphic employment of the names of these two deities independent from their cultic context. The myth that the guardians of tradition and Roman religion tried to curb the cult of Isis in order to rid Rome and the imperium from this decadent cult will be dispelled. A closer look at inscriptions from the Rhine and Danubian provinces shows that most dedicators were not Isiac cult initiates and that women did not outnumber men as dedicators. Inscriptions that mention the two deities in connection with a wish for the well-being of the emperor and the imperial family are of special significance.
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1 online resource (xiv, 235 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-230) and index. :
9789004283466 :
0927-7633 ; :
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Debating Roman demography /
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In conjection with an extensive critical survey of recent advances and controversies in Roman demography, the four case-studies in this volume illustrate a variety of different approaches to the study of ancient population history. The contributions address a number of crucial issues in Roman demography from the evolution of the academic field to seasonal patterns of fertility, the number of Roman citizens, population pressure in the early Roman empire, and the end of classical urbanism in late antiquity. This is the first collaborative volume of its kind. It is designed to introduce ancient historians and classicists to demographic, comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives, and to situate and contextualize Roman population studies in the wider ambit of historical demography.
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1 online resource (x, 242 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-235) and index. :
9789004351097 :
0169-8958 ; :
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Inventaire bibliographique des Isiaca (IBIS). répertoire analytique des travaux relatifs à la diffusion des cultes isiaques, 1940-1969 /
: 1 online resource (xvii, 191 pages) : illustrations. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004294813 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Inventaire bibliographique des Isiaca (IBIS). répertoire analytique des travaux relatifs à la diffusion des cultes isiaques, 1940-1969 /
: 1 online resource (ix, 370 pages) : illustrations. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004294820 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Inventaire bibliographique des Isiaca (IBIS). Répertoire analytique des travaux relatifs à la diffusion des cultes isiaques, 1940-1969 /
: 1 online resource (xii, 276 pages) : illustrations. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004296213 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.