The Cults of the Roman Empire - Rilegato

Turcan, Robert

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ISBN 10: 0631200460 ISBN 13: 9780631200468

Casa editrice: Wiley-Blackwell, 1996

Riassunto

This book is about the multiplicity of gods and religions that characterized the Roman world before Constantine. It was not the noble gods such as Jove, Apollo and Diana, who were crucial to the lives of the common people in the empire, bur gods of an altogether more earthly, earth level, whose rituals and observances may now seem bizarre. As well as being of wide general interest, this book will appeal to students of the Roman Empire and of the history of religion.

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Recensione:

"... a treasure trove of information on the nature and diversity of mystery cults." Westminster Theological Journal

L'autore:

Robert Turcan is Professor of Roman History at the Sorbonne. He is a former student of the Ecole Normale Superieure, and a member of both the École Française in Rome and the Institut Francais. He has published widely on Roman antiquity both in France and elsewhere.

Antonia Nevill is a committed European and lifelong Francophile. She spent over thirty years teaching in further education, and has a wide variety of interests. Retirement has at last enabled her to devote more time to her favorite occupation, translating.

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• Editore: Wiley-Blackwell
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0631200460
• ISBN 13: 9780631200468
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 415