Full Description
Cult places; sanctuaries; Italy; Samnium; Roman Republican period; romanisation; Roman colonisation; rural society; Roman religion; Roman festivals.[-]
Contents
Contents - 6[-]Acknowledgements - 10[-]Introduction - 14[-]1. Rome and Italy: Ideas on Cultural Change - 22[-]2. 'Religious Romanisation' and the Fate of Italic Rural Sanctuaries - 30[-]3. Samnium: The Sacred Construction of Community and Architectural Forms - 48[-]4. Location and Function of Italic Sanctuaries in Society: Three Models - 66[-]5. Landscapes of the Sacred: Contextualising the Samnite Sanctuary of S. Giovanni in Galdo, Colle Rimontato (CB) - 92[-]6. Roman Sacred landscapes? The Pagus-Vicus System Revised - 120[-]7. Cult and Colonisation: Pagi, Vici and Sanctuaries - 136[-]8. Roman Ritual in the Italian Countryside? The Paganalia and the Lustratio Pagi - 184[-]9. Roman Ritual in the Italian Countryside? The Compitalia and the Shrines of the Lares Compitales - 200[-]10. Conclusions - 226[-]Abbreviations - 236[-]Bibliography - 240[-]Index - 270
