Religions of the Roman Empire 31 BC - AD 312

The lectures take the form of a spiral tour through the Roman world, beginning in Gaul and Germany, and proceeding through provincial spaces to arrive eventually in Italy and at Rome. At the same time as the presentation of some of the large themes of the paper, such as the oppositions of universal and local, or of plural and unitary, the relationships of religiosity to structures of power, economic imperatives, mobility, environment, community and ethnicity, the aim is to present telling case-studies, mainly relatively unfamiliar ones, through specific archaeological, documentary or literary evidence. The series also aspires to emphasize important aspects of change through time in the history of religion from ca 50 BC to ca AD 330, and to help conceptualize the category Roman Religion itself.

The series is constructed around the FHS Lit. Hum Ancient History Option of the same name, and is intended as the core lecture-course for that paper, but it is also intended to be of use to those preparing for FHS Archaeology and Anthropology Paper II 'Cultural representations, beliefs and practices', and will therefore attempt to address both archaeological evidence and some relevant theoretical and comparative literature. Translations of all Greek and Latin will be provided.

It is hoped that the series will be of interest to all those studying the Roman Empire, including graduate students.

The materials for each lecture will be made available on WebLearn after it has been delivered.

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