Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: Routledge Studies in Archaeology
ISBN: 978-0-415-83664-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
The earliest archaeological levels of Rome have been excavated in a number of areas around the city but, because of disciplinary divides between Classical studies, ancient history, religious studies, and archaeology, the archaeological evidence has not been incorporated in any significant way into discussions about the religion of the first Romans. And yet archaeological data can provide us with the baseline of factual evidence that is lacking in the later written sources and, in particular, the archaeological record allows the study of change through time in the characteristics of Roman religion in the earliest centuries of its existence. This book uses the archaeological data to construct a new narrative about early Roman religious practices, examining the role and nature of sacred space; the religious calendar; gods, priests and worshippers; ritual and sacrifice; and death rites and ancestor cult in early Rome as they can be understood through the archaeological evidence. The result is a fuller and more accurate picture of changing early Roman religious practices that also provides the basis for a better understanding of the more widely attested religion of the Romans who lived during the period of the Roman republic and after.
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1. Introduction 2. Sacred Space and Religious Sites 3. Ritual and Sacrifice 4. Gods and Goddesses, Religious Men and Women 5. Religion in Early Rome and After