Univira: An Example of Continuity and Change in Roman Society
During its long history Roman society absorbed innumerable changes without losing its sense of continuity. The present study examines this process of change and continuity in one social and religious epithet of womanly virtue. It concentrates on the history of univira, an epithet that appears in Lat...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1977
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Church history
Year: 1977, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-32 |
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Summary: | During its long history Roman society absorbed innumerable changes without losing its sense of continuity. The present study examines this process of change and continuity in one social and religious epithet of womanly virtue. It concentrates on the history of univira, an epithet that appears in Latin literature and funerary inscriptions from early pagan to Christian Rome. |
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ISSN: | 1755-2613 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3165156 |