num_pages: 476
description: This book offers a radical survey of over a 1000 years of religious life, from the foundation of Rome to its rise to world empire &amp; Xian conversion. It sets religion in its full cultural context, between the primitive hamlet of the 8th century BCE &amp; the cosmopolitan, multicultural society of the 1st centuries of the Xian era. A companion volume, Religions of Rome, Vol 2: A Sourcebook, sets out a wide range of documents, illustrating the religious life in the Roman world.Acknowledgements Preface Conventions &amp; abbreviations Maps 1 Early Rome 2 Imperial triumph &amp; religious change 3 Religion in the late Republic 4 The place of religion: Rome in the early Empire 5 The boundaries of Roman religion 6 The religions of imperial Rome 7 Roman religion &amp; Roman Empire 8 Roman religion &amp; Christian emperors: 4th &amp; 5th centuries Bibliography Details of maps &amp; illustrations Index
language: English
title: Religions of Rome, Volume 1: A History
titlecomplete: Religions of Rome, Volume 1: A History
genres: Classics, Roman, History, Religion, Ancient History, Theology, European History, Spirituality, School, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 184
series: Religions of Rome
publisher: Cambridge University Press