The Imperial Cult Under the Flavians
Author: Kenneth Scott
Publisher:
Published: 1936
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13:
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A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome
Author: Andrew Zissos
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2016-03-07
Total Pages: 624
ISBN-13: 1444336002
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome provides a systematic and comprehensive examination of the political, economic, social, and cultural nuances of the Flavian Age (69–96 CE). Includes contributions from over two dozen Classical Studies scholars organized into six thematic sections Illustrates how economic, social, and cultural forces interacted to create a variety of social worlds within a composite Roman empire Concludes with a series of appendices that provide detailed chronological and demographic information and an extensive glossary of terms Examines the Flavian Age more broadly and inclusively than ever before incorporating coverage of often neglected groups, such as women and non-Romans within the Empire
Performance, Memory, and Processions in Ancient Rome
Author: Jacob A. Latham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-08-16
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1316692426
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe pompa circensis, the procession which preceded the chariot races in the arena, was both a prominent political pageant and a hallowed religious ritual. Traversing a landscape of memory, the procession wove together spaces and institutions, monuments and performers, gods and humans into an image of the city, whose contours shifted as Rome changed. In the late Republic, the parade produced an image of Rome as the senate and the people with their gods - a deeply traditional symbol of the city which was transformed during the empire when an imperial image was built on top of the republican one. In late antiquity, the procession fashioned a multiplicity of Romes: imperial, traditional, and Christian. In this book, Jacob A. Latham explores the webs of symbolic meanings in the play between performance and itinerary, tracing the transformations of the circus procession from the late Republic to late antiquity.
Imperial Cult
Author: Gwynaeth McIntyre
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019-02-11
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9004398376
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs political power in Rome became centered on the emperor and his family, a system of honors and titles developed as one way to negotiate this new power dynamic. Classified under the modern collective heading ‘imperial cult’ (or emperor worship or ruler cult), this system of worship comprises religious rituals as well as political, economic, and social aspects. In this article, Gwynaeth McIntyre surveys the range of ancient literary sources and modern scholarly debates on how individuals became gods in the Roman world. Beginning with the development of exceptional honors granted to Julius Caesar and his deification, she traces the development of honors, symbols, and religious rituals associated with the worship of imperial family members. She uses case studies to illustrate how cult practices, temples, and priesthoods were established, highlighting the careful negotiation required between the emperor, imperial family, Senate, and populace in order to make mortals into gods.
The Imperial Cult and the Development of Church Order
Author: Revd Allen Brent
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015-12-22
Total Pages: 423
ISBN-13: 9004313125
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent studies have re-assessed Emperor worship as a genuinely religious response to the metaphysics of social order. Brent argues that Augustus' revolution represented a genuinely religious reformation of Republican religion that had failed in its metaphysical objectives. Against this backcloth, Luke, John the Seer, Clement, Ignatius and the Apologists refashioned Christian theology as an alternative answer to that metaphysical failure. Callistus and Pseudo-Hippolytus gave different responses to Severan images of imperial power. The early, Monarchian theology of the Trinity was thus to become a reflection of imperial culture and its justification that was later to be articulated both in Neo-Platonism, and in Cyprian's view of episcopal Order. Contra-cultural theory is employed as a sociological model to examine the interaction between developing Pagan and Christian social order.
Caesar's messiah : the Roman conspiracy to invent Jesus
Author: Joseph Atwill
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781461096405
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Caesar's Messiah," a real life "Da Vinci Code," presents the dramatic and controversial discovery that the conventional views of Christian origins may be wrong. Author Joseph Atwill makes the case that the Christian Gospels were actually written under the direction of first-century Roman emperors. The purpose of these texts was to establish a peaceful Jewish sect to counterbalance the militaristic Jewish forces that had just been defeated by the Roman Emperor Titus in 70 A.D. Atwill uncovered the secret key to this story in the writings of Josephus, the famed first-century Roman historian. Reading Josephus's chronicle, "The War of the Jews," the author found detail after detail that closely paralleled events recounted in the Gospels. Atwill skillfully demonstrates that the emperors used the Gospels to spark a new religious movement that would aid them in maintaining power and order. What's more, by including hidden literary clues, they took the story of the Emperor Titus's glorious military victory, as recounted by Josephus, and embedded that story in the Gospels - a sly and satirical way of glorifying the emperors through the ages.
The Imperial Cult in the Latin West
Author: Duncan Fishwick
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9789004125360
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis original study is the first attempt to piece together an overall picture of the origins and historical development of provincial cults in the Latin west in the period from the reign of Augustus down to the mid third century A.D.
The Purpose of Mark's Gospel
Author: Adam Winn
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9783161496356
DOWNLOAD EBOOKModerate revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Fuller Theological Seminary, 2007.
The Imperial Cult in the Latin West, Volume 2 Studies in the Ruler Cult of the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire - Part 2.2
Author: Duncan Fishwick
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015-09-01
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9004295763
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOpen worship of the Roman Emperor with sacrifice, priests, altar and temple was in theory contrary to official policy in Rome. The cult of the living emperor by less direct means, however, might be achieved in various ways: the offering of cult to his companion genius or the divine numen immanent within him; the elevation of the Imperial house to a level at which it became godlike; the formal placing of the emperor on a par with the gods by making dedications to him ut deo; the conversion of divinities of every kind into Augustan gods that served as the Emperor's helper and protector; the creation of Augustan Blessings and Virtues that personified the qualities and benefactions of the emperor. Volume II, 2 completes the preliminary set of studies with a select bibliography, indexes and corrigenda to Vols. I, 1-2 and II, 1.
Imperial cult in the latin west ii-1
Author: Duncan Fishwick
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9789004091443
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