Religion in the Roman Empire
"The Roman Empire was home to a fascinating variety of different cults and religions. Its enormous extent, the absence of a precisely definable state religion and constant exchanges with the religions and cults of conquered peoples and of neighbouring cultures resulted in a multifaceted diversi...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Stuttgart
W. Kohlhammer Verlag
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Edition: | Auflage |
| Series/Journal: | Die Religionen der Menschheit
16,2 |
| Further subjects: | B
Civilization
B Antiquities B Rome Antiquities B Rome Civilization B Classical antiquity B Rome - Religion B Rome (Empire) B Religion B Science of Religion B Romans B Rome Religion |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9783170292260 9783170292246 |
| Summary: | "The Roman Empire was home to a fascinating variety of different cults and religions. Its enormous extent, the absence of a precisely definable state religion and constant exchanges with the religions and cults of conquered peoples and of neighbouring cultures resulted in a multifaceted diversity of religious convictions and practices. This volume provides a compelling view of central aspects of cult and religion in the Roman Empire, among them the distinction between public and private cult, the complex interrelations between different religious traditions, their mutually entangled developments and expansions, and the diversity of regional differences, rituals, religious texts and artefacts"--Back cover |
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| ISBN: | 3170292250 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17433/978-3-17-029225-3 |