Emperor worship and roman religion
Auteur :
Gradel
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199275489
Date de publication :
29 juil. 2004
Dimensions :
21,5 x 13,9 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
549 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This is the first study of emperor worship among the Romans themselves, in Rome and its heartland Italy. It argues that emperor worship was indeed perfectly in keeping with Roman religious tradition, which has been generally misunderstood by a posterity imbued in radically different notions of the relationship between man and the divine.