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Religion and Authority in Roman Carthage from Augustus to Constantine

by J. B. Rives (assistant Professor Of Classics And History, Assistant Professor Of Classics And History, Columbia University)

  • Hardback
  • 348 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.4 cm

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For scholars and enthusiasts of Roman history

Analyses the decline of traditional religious control

You will understand the rise of Christianity's role

This book explores the intricate relationship between religion and authority in Roman Carthage from Augustus to Constantine.

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This book examines the organization of religion in the Roman empire from Augustus to Constantine. Although there have been illuminating particular studies of the relationship between religious activity and socio-political authority in the empire, there has been no large-scale attempt to assess it as a whole. Taking as his focus the situation in Carthage, the greatest city of the western provinces, J.B. Rives argues that the traditional religion, predicated on the structure of a city-state, could not serve to integrate individuals into an empire. In upholding traditional religion, the government abandoned the sort of political control of religious behaviour characteristic of the Roman Republic, and allowed people to determine their own religious identities. The importance of Christianity was thus suited to the needs of the increasingly homogeneous Roman empire.
Religion and Authority in Roman Carthage from Augustus to Constantine and The Essential History of Christianity
The Essential History of ChristianityReligion and Authority in Roman Carthage from Augustus to Constantine

  • Author

    J. B. Rives (assistant Professor Of Classics And History, Assistant Professor Of Classics And History, Columbia University)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    February 1995

  • Weight

    577g

  • Page Count

    348

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780198140832

  • ISBN-10

    0198140835

  • Eden Code

    1147085

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