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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139194003321

Autore

Stek Tesse D

Titolo

Cult places and cultural change in Republican Italy [[electronic resource] ] : a contextual approach to religious aspects of rural society after the Roman conquest / / Tesse D. Stek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-63417-8

9786612634178

90-485-1143-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam archaeological studies ; ; 14

Classificazione

6,14

Disciplina

938

Soggetti

Rome Religion

Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C

Rome Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Rome and Italy: Ideas on Cultural Change; 2. 'Religious Romanisation' and the Fate of Italic Rural Sanctuaries; 3. Samnium: The Sacred Construction of Community and Architectural Forms; 4. Location and Function of Italic Sanctuaries in Society: Three Models; 5. Landscapes of the Sacred: Contextualising the Samnite Sanctuary of S. Giovanni in Galdo, Colle Rimontato (CB); 6. Roman Sacred landscapes? The Pagus-Vicus System Revised; 7. Cult and Colonisation: Pagi, Vici and Sanctuaries

8. Roman Ritual in the Italian Countryside? The Paganalia and the Lustratio Pagi9. Roman Ritual in the Italian Countryside? The Compitalia and the Shrines of the Lares Compitales; 10. Conclusions; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This scholarly study throws a new light on the Roman impact on religious structures in Republican Italy.