Description
Book SynopsisA comprehensive treatment of the significant symbols and institutions of Roman religion, this Companion places the various religious symbols, discourses, and practices, including Judaism and Christianity, into a larger framework to reveal the sprawling landscape of the Roman religion.
Trade Review"This Companion will in fact be sustaining company as we try to read these signs to find the meaning that compelled such commitment." (Phoenix, 2011)
Table of ContentsList of Figures x
List of Maps xiii
Notes on Contributors xiv
Acknowledgments xix
Abbreviations xxi
Maps xxviii
1 Roman Religion – Religions of Rome 1
Jörg Rüpke
2 Approaching Roman Religion: The Case for Wissenschaftsgeschichte 10
C. Robert Phillips, III
Part I Changes 29
3 The Religion of Archaic Rome 31
Christopher Smith
4 Pre-Roman Italy, Before and Under the Romans 43
Olivier de Cazanove
5 Urban Religion in the Middle and Late Republic 58
Eric Orlin
6 Continuity and Change: Religion in the Augustan Semi-Century 71
Karl Galinsky
7 Religions and the Integration of Cities in the Empire in the Second Century ad: The Creation of a Common Religious Language 83
William Van Andringa
8 Old Religions Transformed: Religions and Religious Policy from Decius to Constantine 96
Hartmut Leppin
9 Religious Koine and Religious Dissent in the Fourth Century 109
Michele Renee Salzman
Part II Media 127
10 The History of Roman Religion in Roman Historiography and Epic 129
Denis Feeney
11 Religion and Roman Coins 143
Jonathan Williams
12 Reliefs, Public and Private 164
Katja Moede
13 Inscriptions as Sources of Knowledge for Religions and Cults in the Roman World of Imperial Times 176
Rudolf Haensch
14 Religion in the House 188
Annemarie Kaufmann-Heinimann
Part III Symbols and Practices 203
15 Roman Cult Sites: A Pragmatic Approach 205
Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser
16 Complex Rituals: Games and Processions in Republican Rome 222
Frank Bernstein
17 Performing the Sacred: Prayers and Hymns 235
Frances Hickson Hahn
18 Music and Dance: Forms of Representation in Pictorial and Written Sources 249
Friederike Fless and Katja Moede
19 Sacrifices for Gods and Ancestors 263
John Scheid
Part IV Actors and Actions 273
20 Religious Actors in Daily Life: Practices and Related Beliefs 275
Nicole Belayche
21 Republican Nobiles: Controlling the Res Publica 292
Veit Rosenberger
22 Emperors: Caring for the Empire and Their Successors 304
Peter Herz
23 Urban Elites in the Roman East: Enhancing Regional Positions and Social Superiority 317
Athanasios Rizakis
24 Living on Religion: Professionals and Personnel 331
Marietta Horster
Part V Different Religious Identities 343
25 Roman Diaspora Judaism 345
Jack N. Lightstone
26 Creating One’s Own Religion: Intellectual Choices 378
Attilio Mastrocinque
27 Institutionalized Religious Options: Mithraism 392
Richard Gordon
28 The Romanness of Roman Christianity 406
Stefan Heid
Part VI Roman Religion Outside and Seen from Outside 427
29 Exporting Roman Religion 429
Clifford Ando
30 Religion in the Roman East 446
Ted Kaizer
31 Roman Religion in the Vision of Tertullian 457
Cecilia Ames
Bibliography 472
General Index 511
Index of Personal Names 526
Index of Places 537
