Table of Contents
List of Figures x List of Maps xiii
Notes on Contributors xiv
Acknowledgments xix
Abbreviations xxi
Maps xxviii
1 Roman Religion – Religions of Rome 1 Jörg Rüpke
2 Approaching Roman Religion: The Case for Wissenschaftsgeschichte 10 C. Robert Phillips, III
Part I Changes 29
3 The Religion of Archaic Rome 31 Christopher Smith
4 Pre-Roman Italy, Before and Under the Romans 43 Olivier de Cazanove
5 Urban Religion in the Middle and Late Republic 58 Eric Orlin
6 Continuity and Change: Religion in the Augustan Semi-Century 71 Karl Galinsky
7 Religions and the Integration of Cities in the Empire in the Second Century ad: The Creation of a Common Religious Language 83 William Van Andringa
8 Old Religions Transformed: Religions and Religious Policy from Decius to Constantine 96 Hartmut Leppin
9 Religious Koine and Religious Dissent in the Fourth Century 109 Michele Renee Salzman
Part II Media 127
10 The History of Roman Religion in Roman Historiography and Epic 129 Denis Feeney
11 Religion and Roman Coins 143 Jonathan Williams
12 Reliefs, Public and Private 164 Katja Moede
13 Inscriptions as Sources of Knowledge for Religions and Cults in the Roman World of Imperial Times 176 Rudolf Haensch
14 Religion in the House 188 Annemarie Kaufmann-Heinimann
Part III Symbols and Practices 203
15 Roman Cult Sites: A Pragmatic Approach 205 Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser
16 Complex Rituals: Games and Processions in Republican Rome 222 Frank Bernstein
17 Performing the Sacred: Prayers and Hymns 235 Frances Hickson Hahn
18 Music and Dance: Forms of Representation in Pictorial and Written Sources 249 Friederike Fless and Katja Moede
19 Sacrifices for Gods and Ancestors 263 John Scheid
Part IV Actors and Actions 273
20 Religious Actors in Daily Life: Practices and Related Beliefs 275 Nicole Belayche
21 Republican Nobiles: Controlling the Res Publica 292 Veit Rosenberger
22 Emperors: Caring for the Empire and Their Successors 304 Peter Herz
23 Urban Elites in the Roman East: Enhancing Regional Positions and Social Superiority 317 Athanasios Rizakis
24 Living on Religion: Professionals and Personnel 331 Marietta Horster
Part V Different Religious Identities 343
25 Roman Diaspora Judaism 345 Jack N. Lightstone
26 Creating One’s Own Religion: Intellectual Choices 378 Attilio Mastrocinque
27 Institutionalized Religious Options: Mithraism 392 Richard Gordon
28 The Romanness of Roman Christianity 406 Stefan Heid
Part VI Roman Religion Outside and Seen from Outside 427
29 Exporting Roman Religion 429 Clifford Ando
30 Religion in the Roman East 446 Ted Kaizer
31 Roman Religion in the Vision of Tertullian 457 Cecilia Ames
Bibliography 472
General Index 511
Index of Personal Names 526
Index of Places 537
