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Roman religion in Valerius Maximus
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Roman religion in Valerius Maximus

Author: Hans-Friedrich Mueller
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Series: Routledge classical monographs.
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"Mueller's study focuses on what Valerius can tell us about contemporary Roman attitudes to religion, attacking several orthodoxies along the way. He argues that Roman religion could be deeply emotional, that it was possible to believe passionately in the divinity of the emperor - even when, like Tiberius, he was still alive - and that Rome's gods and religious rituals had an important role in fostering conventional  Read more...
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Named Person: Valerius Maximus.; Valère Maxime.; Valerius <Maximus>
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Hans-Friedrich Mueller
ISBN: 0415271088 9780415271080 9780203463260 0203463269
OCLC Number: 48100052
Description: xv, 266 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Juno Valeriana --
2. Vesta Mater: Mother Vesta --
3. In Iovis sacrario: in Jupiter's inner sanctuary --
4. Ritual vocabulary and moral imperatives --
5. Sanctitas morum, or the general intersections of religion and morality.
Series Title: Routledge classical monographs.
Responsibility: by Hans-Friedrich Mueller.
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Valerius Maximus was an indefatigable collector of historical anecdotes illustrating vice and virtue. Mueller focuses on what Valerius can tell us about Roman attitudes to religion, and argues that  Read more...

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schema:reviewBody""Mueller's study focuses on what Valerius can tell us about contemporary Roman attitudes to religion, attacking several orthodoxies along the way. He argues that Roman religion could be deeply emotional, that it was possible to believe passionately in the divinity of the emperor - even when, like Tiberius, he was still alive - and that Rome's gods and religious rituals had an important role in fostering conventional morality." "The study further explores elements of ancient rhetoric, Roman historiography, and Tiberian Rome. The fact that Valerius was a contemporary of Jesus means his work is also valuable in reflecting the attitudes and beliefs of the ruling class to which Christ and his followers were politically subject, and which formed the background for the growth and persecution of Christianity."--BOOK JACKET."
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