Foreign Cults in Rome

by Eric Orlin

Religion is a particularly useful field within which to study Roman self-definition, for the Romans considered themselves to be the most religious of all peoples and ascribed their imperial success to their religiosity. This study builds on the observation that the Romans were remarkably open to outside influences to explore how installing foreign religious elements as part of their own religious system affected their notions of what it meant to be...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199731551
• ISBN13: 9780199731558
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"