Religion in Republican Rome: Rationalization and Ritual Change

Jorg Rupke; Jörg Rüpke

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2012

Religion in Republican Rome

Rationalization and Ritual Change

Jorg Rupke and Jörg Rüpke

In the series Empire and After

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812206579

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About this book

Jörg Rüpke analyzes ritual and intellectual change in the city of Rome from the third to the first centuries B.C.E. The development of rational argument about religion and antiquarian systematization of religious practices is contextualized with respect to Roman expansion and the cultural exchange between Greece and Rome.

Author / Editor information

Jorg Rupke is Fellow in Religious Studies at the Max Weber Center at the University of Erfurt. He is author or editor of several books, including Religion of the Romans.

Reviews

"An erudite and fascinating book, and a very serious contribution to our understanding of the Roman republic."—Jeffrey Tatum, Victoria University of Wellington

"This study is the most recent contribution to the area of Roman Republican religion by one of the most significant historians of that field in the 21st century. Drawing on the observations of Max Weber and Wolfgang Schluchter, Rüpke presents a brilliant, erudite argument that Roman Republican religion evolved through a process of rationalization that began in the fourth century B.C.E. and culminated with the rise of the Principate in the first century B.C.E."—Choice

"A tightly argued but panoramic vision of the history of religion in Republican Rome. Building on over a decade of publications in this area, this book provides a new picture of the relationship between religion and society in the period between the fourth century B.C.E. and the Augustan monarchy."—American Journal of Philology

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2013

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. The Background: Roman Religion of the Archaic and Early Republican Periods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Chapter 2. Institutionalizing and Ordering Public Communication Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
Chapter 3. Changes in Religious Festivals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Chapter 4. Incipient Systematization of Religion in Second-Century Drama: Accius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Chapter 5. Ritualization and Control Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Chapter 6. Writing and Systematization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
Chapter 7. The Pontifical Calendar and the Law Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
Chapter 8. Religion and Divination in the Second Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Chapter 9. Religion in the Lex Ursonensis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
Chapter 10. Religious Discourses in the Second and First Centuries: Antiquarianism and Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
Chapter 11. Ennius’s Fasti in Fulvius’s Temple: Greek Rationality and Roman Tradition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
Chapter 12. Varro’s tria genera theologiae: Crossing Antiquarianism and Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
Chapter 13. Cicero’s Discourse on Religion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
Chapter 14. Greek Rationality and Roman Traditions in the Late Republic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Index Locorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 328
Keywords: Classics; Religion; Ancient Studies; Religious Studies

eBook

Published: May 28, 2012
ISBN: 9780812206579