Der christliche Kaiser und die Wahrsager
From Augustus' principate onward, the Roman emperor was heavily involved in religious matters - as priest and as monarch. He was on the one hand responsible for the pax deorum and on the other hand used religion for his self-representation. It is mainly within these fields that the emperor enco...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | German |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum
Year: 2018, Volume: 61, Pages: 148-174 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Augustus Roman Empire, Emperor 63 BC-14
/ Fortune-telling
/ Legislation
/ History 300-399
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
Decision Making
B Emperors B Divination B Roman Emperors B KINGS & rulers B Clergy |
| Summary: | From Augustus' principate onward, the Roman emperor was heavily involved in religious matters - as priest and as monarch. He was on the one hand responsible for the pax deorum and on the other hand used religion for his self-representation. It is mainly within these fields that the emperor encountered the diverse forms of divination. The interpretation of prodigies had always been an essential part both of government action and of private decision making, and it is important to keep the two areas separate when considering the emperor's involvement with divination and its practitioners. This paper concentrates on how the policies of the Christian emperors concerning these matters developed during the 4th century. It further asks whether their legislation should be exclusively understood as part of an effort of depaganisation, or whether it was to some extent a continuation of the policies of their pagan predecessors. |
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| ISSN: | 0075-2541 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum
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