The Altars of Republican Rome and Latium
Sacrifice and the Materiality of Roman Religion
Published on 23. January 2019
228 pages
978-1-108-66666-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, Claudia Moser offers a new understanding of Roman religion in the Republican era through an exploration of sacrifice, its principal ritual. Examining the long-term imprint of sacrificial practices on the material world, she focuses on monumental altars as the site for the act of sacrifice. Piecing together the fragments of the complex kaleidoscope of Roman religious practices, she shows how they fit together in ways that shed new light on the characteristic diversity of Roman religion. This study reorients the study of sacrificial practice in three principal ways: first, by establishing the primacy of sacred architecture, rather than individual action, in determining religious authority; second, by viewing religious activities as haptic, structured experiences in the material world rather than as expressions of doctrinal, belief-based mentalities; and third, by considering Roman sacrifice as a local, site-specific ritual rather than as a single, monolithic practice.
Reviews / Votes
'Since the 1990s, it has become conventional to emphasize the 'locative' character of Roman Republican religion; readers of this book will discover how local it really was.' Duncan E. MacRae, Religious Studies Review 'This volume demonstrates the product of mature scholarship richly informed by the best research and masterfully produced in communicating what the reader needs to know about the Gospel of Matthew...' Daniel M. Gurtner, Religious Studies ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
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File size
15,00 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-108-66666-4 (9781108666664)
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Claudia Moser
The Altars of Republican Rome and Latium
Sacrifice and the Materiality of Roman Religion
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01/2019
Cambridge University Press
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Content
1. The organization and boundaries of sacred places; 2. The economy of ritual: the site-specificity of votive offerings; 3. The seasonality of ritual: animal sacrifice; 4. Material memory.
