Temples, Religion and Politics in the Roman Republic

by Orlin, Eric M.

• ISBN13: 9780391041325
• ISBN10: 0391041320
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

The success and smooth functioning of the Roman Republic depended on a careful balancing of the interests of the individual and the interests of the commonwealth. In this study, Eric Orlin examines the process through which new temples were vowed, built, and dedicated as a way of examining key features of the interrelated political and religious systems of Republican Rome. Orlin questions previous scholarship on several points, suggesting that the Senate, and not just individual generals, played an active and significant role in the construction of new temples and emphasizing the high degree of cooperation between the senate and its magistrates. The means by which the Romans erected new temples sheds important light on the relationship between individual initiative and collective responsibility in Republican Rome.This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	1	(10)
Origins	11	(24)
Theories on Temple Vowing	12	(6)
Situations Resulting in New Temples	18	(15)
Conclusions	33	(2)
The Vow	35	(41)
Vows Undertaken by Magistrates in Rome	36	(9)
Vows Undertaken by Magistrates on Campaign	45	(21)
The Significance of Temple Vows	66	(8)
Conclusions	74	(2)
The Sibylline Books	76	(40)
The Sibylline Books in Roman Religion	76	(21)
Their Origins and History	76	(5)
Procedure	81	(4)
Consultations and Responses	85	(12)
The Sibylline Books and the Construction of New Temples	97	(19)
The Cults and Their Origins	97	(8)
Motivations for the New Temples	105	(8)
The Sibylline Books as an Authority	113	(3)
The Construction	116	(46)
Manubiae	117	(22)
Manubiae, Praeda and Victorious Generals	117	(5)
Generals' Use of Booty	122	(5)
Manubial Building of Temples, Reconsidered	127	(12)
The Construction of New Temples	139	(20)
Contracts for Public Buildings	140	(1)
Contracts for Temples	141	(6)
The Creation and Employment of Duumviri Aedi Locandae	147	(12)
Conclusions	159	(3)
The Dedication	162	(28)
The Legal Authority to Dedicate a Temple	163	(9)
The Role of Duumviri Aedi Dedicandae	172	(6)
The Identity of Dedicators	178	(10)
Conclusions	188	(2)
Conclusions	190	(9)
Appendix One: State Temples Introduced in Rome, 509--55 B.C.E.	199	(4)
Appendix Two: Sibylline Consultations, 509--83, B.C.E.	203	(5)
Appendix Three: The Sibylline Oracle Recorded by Phlegon	208	(3)
Appendix Four: List of Known Duumviri	211	(1)
Bibliography	212	(9)
Index	221