Rituals and Power The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor

Name: Rituals and Power The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor
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ISBN: 9780521312684

ISBN-10: 052131268X

ISBN-13: 9780521312684

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Authors: S. R. F. Price

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In his study of the Greek cults of the Roman emperor in Asia minor, Simon Price attempts to discover why the Roman Emperor was treated like a god. He contends that ever since the emergence of Christianity within the Roman Empire the problem has been misinterpreted; a Christianizing distinction between religion and politics has led to the cult being considered simply as a form of political honours. Drawing on anthropology as well as numismatics and archaeology, literary sources and inscriptions, Dr Price offers a fundamentally different perspective. He examines how the Greek cults of the Roman Emperor located the Emperor with their subjection to the external power of Rome. The book falls…

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List price: $47.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/27/1985
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.17" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



List of maps


List of text figures


List of plates


Preface


Abbreviations


maps



Introduction



Contexts



Hellenistic cities and their rulers



Greeks and Rome



Distribution and culture



Festivals and cities



The Evocations of Imperial Rituals



Architecture



Images



Sacrifices



Rituals, politics and power


A catalogue of imperial temples and shrines in Asia Minor


Bibliography


Indexes