Archaic Roman Religion |
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Author:
| Dumézil, Georges |
Translator:
| Krapp, Philip |
Foreword by:
| Eliade, Mircea |
ISBN: | 978-0-8018-5483-5 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1996 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $52.00 |
Book Description:
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When St. Paul and St. Peter reached Rome they encountered a state-sponsored religion that had been established for centuries. Amid the shrines and temples of Rome, the Romans sought to preserve and strengthen a religion especially suited to the ambitious city. But Roman religion had also proved permeable to many influences, from Greece, Egypt, ......
When St. Paul and St. Peter reached Rome they encountered a state-sponsored religion that had been established for centuries. Amid the shrines and temples of Rome, the Romans sought to preserve and strengthen a religion especially suited to the ambitious city. But Roman religion had also proved permeable to many influences, from Greece, Egypt, ......