Religion in Republican Italy

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

• ISBN13: 9780521153171
• ISBN10: 0521153174
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-10
• 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

Introduction

Reconsidering 'religious Romanization'

In search of the Etruscan priestess: a reexamination of the hatrencu

Etruscan religion at the watershed: before and after the fourth century BCE

Religious locales in the territory of Minturnae: some aspects of Romanization

Religion and memory at Pisaurum

Inventing the sortilegus: lot divination and cultural identity in Italy, Rome, and the provinces

Hot, cold, or smelly: the power of sacred water in Roman religion

Religion and politics: did the Romans scruple about the placement of their temples?

Juno Sospita and Roman insecurity in the Social War

Beyond Rome and Latium: Roman religion in the Age of Augustus

Appendix: translation of the Ludi Saeculares dossier

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