The Economy of Roman Religion

by Wilson, Andrew; Ray, Nick; Trentacoste, Angela

• ISBN13: 9780192883537
• ISBN10: 0192883534
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2023-09-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Andrew Wilson, Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, University of Oxford,Nick Ray, Research Consultant, University of Southampton and Ulster University,Angela Trentacoste, Advanced Humboldt Research Fellow and Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Kiel and University of Oxford

Nick Ray was Assistant Director of the Oxford Roman Economy Project from 2014-2018 and is now with the Maritime Endangered Archaeology (MarEA) project. His research focuses on consumption practices in the Roman world, particularly relating to durable commodities, North African funerary archaeology, and post-conflict/contested heritage. He is co-editor of Burials, Migration and Identity in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond (2019), which contains several co-authored articles. He also co-edited De Africa Romaque: Merging cultures across North Africa (2016) and has published on consumer behaviour at Pompeii and fieldwork in Libya and Morocco.

Angela Trentacoste is the Gerda Henkel Stiftung Scholar at the University of Oxford. Her research interests include environmental archaeology, bioarchaeology, ancient farming, mobility, and the economic role of religious activity. Recent publications on Roman themes include contributions to Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal (2020), Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2021), and Roman Animals in Ritual and Funerary Contexts (2021).

Andrew Wilson, Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, University of Oxford. His research interests include the economy of the Roman empire, ancient technology, ancient water supply and usage, Roman North Africa, and archaeological field survey. Recent publications include: The Economy of Pompeii (ed. with Miko Flohr, Oxford, 2017); Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman world (ed. with Alan Bowman, Oxford, 2018); Recycling and Reuse in the Roman Economy (ed. with Chloë Duckworth, Oxford, 2020), and Coin Hoards and Hoarding in the Roman World (ed. with Jerome Mairat and Chris Howgego, Oxford, 2022).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Religion and the Roman economy, Andrew Wilson
2. What did Religion Cost in Ancient Rome?, Jörg Rüpke
3. Investing in Religion: Religion and the Economy in pre-Roman Central Italy, Charlotte Potts
4. Cost Differences in Temple Building between Rome and the Provinces, Javier Domingo
5. Moneychangers in the Temple? Coins and Religion in the Roman World, David Wigg-Wolf
6. Cult Economy in the Eastern Provinces of the Roman Empire, Marietta Horster
7. Impact of the Roman Conquest on Temple Economies in Egypt: A Case Study of the Temple of Soknopaios in Dime, Marie-Pierre Chaufray
8. Animals in Roman Religion: The Economics behind the Rituals, Michael MacKinnon
9. Sacred flocks and herds? The Implications of Animal Sacrifice at Rural and Suburban Romano-Celtic Shrines, Tony King
10. Sacred Gifts, Profane Uses? The Limits of Donations in the Roman Religious Sphere, Marta Garcia Morcillo
11. Guilds and Gods: Religious Profiles of Occupational collegia and the Problem of the dendrophori, Koen Verboven
12. Current and Future Directions of the Study of Roman Religion and Economy, Greg Woolf