Divine Qualities - Cult and Community in Republican Rome

Zusatztext provides an excellent contribution to the recent outpouring of work on Roman religion. Informationen zum Autor Anna J. Clark is Tutor in Roman History, Christ Church, University of Oxford. Klappentext Anna J. Clark explores 'divine qualities', such as Concord, Faith, Hope, and Clemency, to show how they reveal an aspect of how Romans thought about themselves. Clark draws on a wide range of evidence (literature, drama, coins, architecture, inscriptions and graffiti) to show that these qualities were relevant to a wide range of people. Zusammenfassung Anna J. Clark explores 'divine qualities', such as Concord, Faith, Hope, and Clemency, to show how they reveal an aspect of how Romans thought about themselves. Clark draws on a wide range of evidence (literature, drama, coins, architecture, inscriptions and graffiti) to show that these qualities were relevant to a wide range of people. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Divine qualities 2: Introducing new god(desse)s? 3: Staging divine qualities 4: Capitolizing on divine qualities 5: On the civic stage 6: The last years of the Republic 7: Conclusions

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• Authors: Anna Clark, Anna J Clark, Anna J. Clark, Anna J. (Tutor in Roman History Clark, Clark Anna J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2007
• EAN: 9780199226825
• ISBN: 978-0-19-922682-5
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Oxford Classical Monographs; Oxford Classical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE