Mortal Gods: Divine Associations of Humans as an Urban and Neighbourhood Phenomenon
This paper is concerned with a phenomenon that is poorly documented in any of our traditional sources, but which was potentially much more widespread than usually appreciated: mortal individuals' association with the divine in late Republican and imperial-period Rome. It is argued that divine a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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| In: |
Religion in the Roman empire
Year: 2020, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 159-180 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Augustus Roman Empire, Emperor 63 BC-14
/ Roman Empire
/ City life
/ Local gods
/ Human being
/ Identification
/ Ruler worship
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions |
| Further subjects: | B
compita
B divine honours B mortal divinities B divine assimilations B portraits in divine costume B Tutelary Deities B August(an) deities B Genius B ruler cult |
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