Rituals and Power: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia MinorCambridge University Press, 1984 - 289 עמודים In his study of the Greek cults of the Roman emperor in Asia minor, Simon Price attempts to discover why the Roman Emperor was treated like a god. He contends that ever since the emergence of Christianity within the Roman Empire the problem has been misinterpreted; a Christianizing distinction between religion and politics has led to the cult being considered simply as a form of political honours. Drawing on anthropology as well as numismatics and archaeology, literary sources and inscriptions, Dr Price offers a fundamentally different perspective. He examines how the Greek cults of the Roman Emperor located the Emperor with their subjection to the external power of Rome. The book falls into two major parts. The first analyses the historical, social and cultural contexts of the Imperial cult, showing that the cult was deeply rooted in the Greek cities. The second focusses on the evocations of the rituals of temples, images and sacrifices. It casts light on the architechural development of Greek Cities, on cult statues in the ancient world and on the vitality and flexibility of the Greek religious system. In his concluding chapter the author draws out some of the general implications of the book; comparative material from Africa and Cambodia help our understanding of the relationship between religious ritual and political power. This book, which assumes no knowledge of Latin or Greek, will appeal to students and teachers of ancient history and archaeology. It will also attract anthropologists, historians and others interested in the interpretation of rituals and in the history of early Christianity. |
תוכן
Introduction I | 1 |
Hellenistic cities and their rulers | 23 |
Greeks and Rome | 53 |
Distribution and culture | 78 |
Festivals and cities | 101 |
Architecture | 133 |
Images | 170 |
Sacrifices | 207 |
Rituals politics and power | 234 |
A catalogue of imperial temples and shrines | 249 |
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
altar Ancyra Antiochus III Antoninus Pius architecture argued Artemis Asclepius Asia Minor Athens Augustus Aulock building busts Caesar Caracalla celebrated centre Christian citizens coins context cult statue culture Cyzicus decree dedicated deity Dionysus divine cults divine honours Domitian élite emperor Ephesos 11 Ephesus evidence example fact fourth century Gaius gods governor Greek Greek cities Greek world Habicht Hadrian Hellenistic kings Hellenistic period imperial cult imperial festivals imperial image imperial priests imperial sacrifices imperial statues imperial temples important inscription Keil Lucius Verus Lycia monuments Mytilene neocorate offered official OGIS Perg Pergamum Phrygia political portico province of Asia provincial reign relationship religion religious ritual Robert Roma Roman empire Roman periods Rome Rome and Augustus ruler cult sanctuary Sardis Sebastoi second century B.C. significance Stratonikeia Supp Temple naos Termessus third century Tiberius Trajan Trell villages Zeus