Religion in Republican Rome: Rationalization and Ritual Change

English

Series: Empire and After Ser.

ISBN: 0812206576

EAN: 9780812206579

Category: History / Ancient / Rome/Social Science / Sociology Of Religion/

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Release Date: 05/28/2012

Synopsis:

Jörg Rüpke analyzes ritual and intellectual change in the city of Rome from the third to the first centuries B.C.E. The development of rational argument about religion and antiquarian systematization of religious practices is contextualized with respect to Roman expansion and the cultural exchange between Greece and Rome.

Religion in Republican Rome: Rationalization and Ritual Change

Illustrated: No

Format: eBook - PDF

Pages: 336