Religion and authority in Roman Carthage from Augustus to Constantine / J.B. Rives
1995, Second Edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #464465
ISBN: 0198140835
Physical description; xiii, 334 pages : maps, plans ; 23 cm. Notes; Previously issued in print: 1995. Contents; I. Public religion in Roman Carthage. Mise-en-scène -- The organization of public religion -- The cults of Rome -- Imperial cult -- The role of the emperor -- The role of the proconsul -- The provincial assembly -- The nature of official religion -- II. The agenda of the local élite. Roman and African in Thugga -- The rise of a Romano-African élite -- The importance of native cults -- The Punic past in Carthage -- Local identity and Roman identity -- III. The failure of the civic model. The nature of élite control -- The interests of individuals -- Texts and experts -- Cult associations -- Jews in Carthage -- Christians in Carthage -- Imperial policy -- Religious authority and religious identity -- IV. Religious authority and the Roman state. In search of official religion -- Alternative models -- Tertullian -- Cyprian and the Roman élite -- Cyprian and episcopal authority -- Religion and authority. Subjects; Carthage (Extinct city). Religion. Carthage (Extinct city). Church history. Religion and state. Tunisia. Carthage (Extinct city). History. Church and state. Tunisia. Carthage (Extinct city). History. Rome. Religion.
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