Religion in Republican Italy

by Edited by Celia E. Schultz , Paul B. Harvey

• ISBN13: 9780521863667
• ISBN10: 052186366X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-15
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Explores how recent findings and research provide a richer understanding of religious activities in Republican Rome and contemporary central Italic societies, including the Etruscans, during the period of the Middle and Late Republic. While much recent research has focused on the Romanization of areas outside Italy in later periods, this volume investigates religious aspects of the Romanization of the Italian peninsula itself. The essays strive to integrate literary evidence with archaeological and epigraphic material as they consider the nexus of religion and politics in early Italy; the impact of Roman institutions and practices on Italic society; the reciprocal impact of non-Roman practices and institutions on Roman custom; and the nature of 'Roman,' as opposed to 'Latin,' 'Italic,' or 'Etruscan,' religion in the period in question. The resulting volume illuminates many facets of religious praxis in Republican Italy, while at the same time complicating the categories we use to discuss it.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. vii
List of contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. x
List of abbreviations	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Reconsidering "religious Romanization"	p. 10
In search of the Etruscan priestess: a re-examination of the hatrencu	p. 34
Etruscan religion at the watershed: before and after the fourth century BCE	p. 62
Religious locales in the territory of Minturnae: aspects of Romanization	p. 90
Religion and memory at Pisaurum	p. 117
Inventing the sortilegus: lot divination and cultural identity in Italy, Rome, and the provinces	p. 137
Hot, cold, or smelly: the power of sacred water in Roman religion, 400-100 BCE	p. 162
Religion and politics: did the Romans scruple about the placement of their temples?	p. 181
Juno Sospita and Roman insecurity in the Social War	p. 207
Beyond Rome and Latium: Roman religion in the age of Augustus	p. 228
Bibliography	p. 253
Index	p. 292
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