Roman festivals in the Greek East: from the early empire to the Middle Byzantine Era

This study explores the development of ancient festival culture in the Greek East of the Roman Empire, paying particular attention to the fundamental religious changes that occurred. After analysing how Greek city festivals developed in the first two Imperial centuries, it concentrates on the major...

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Main Author: Graf, Fritz (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2015.
In:Year: 2015
Series/Journal:Greek culture in the Roman world
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Greece (Antiquity) / Roman time / Roman Empire / Festivity / History 100-650
Further subjects:B Rome Social life and customs
B Rome ; Social life and customs
B Rites and ceremonies Rome
B Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
B Festivals (Greece)
B Festivals (Rome)
B Festivals ; Rome
B Festivals Rome
B Rites and ceremonies ; Rome
B Greece ; History ; 146 B.C.-323 A.D
B Festivals ; Greece
B Rites and ceremonies (Greece)
B Rome History, Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
B Rites and ceremonies ; Greece
B Greece History, 146 B.C.-323 A.D.
B Greece History 146 B.C.-323 A.D
B Festivals Greece
B Rites and ceremonies (Rome)
B Rites and ceremonies Greece
B Rome ; History ; Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
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Summary:This study explores the development of ancient festival culture in the Greek East of the Roman Empire, paying particular attention to the fundamental religious changes that occurred. After analysing how Greek city festivals developed in the first two Imperial centuries, it concentrates on the major Roman festivals that were adopted in the Eastern cities and traces their history up to the time of Justinian and beyond. It addresses several key questions for the religious history of later antiquity: who were the actors behind these adoptions? How did the closed religious communities, Jews and pre-Constantinian Christians, articulate their resistance? How did these festivals change when the empire converted to Christianity? Why did emperors not yield to the long-standing pressure of the Church to abolish them? And finally, how did these very popular festivals - despite their pagan tradition - influence the form of the newly developed Christian liturgy?
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Nov 2015)
ISBN:1316135772
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781316135778