Religion in Roman Phrygia: From Polytheism to Christianity

by Robert Parker

Phrygia in the second and third centuries CE offers more vivid evidence for what has been termed "lived ancient religion" than any other region in the ancient world. The evidence from Phrygia is neither literary nor issued by cities or their powerful inhabitants but rather comes from farmers and herders who left behind numerous stone memorials of themselves and dedications to their gods, praying for the welfare of their families, crops, and cattle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520395484
• ISBN13: 9780520395480
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"