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Law and Religion in the Roman Republic [electronic resource].

By: Series: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity.Publication details: Leiden : BRILL, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (236 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004219205
  • 900421920X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 344.45632096
LOC classification:
  • KJA3060 .L39 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Divine law and the penalty of sacer esto in early Rome / Leon ter Beek -- Law and divination in the later republic / Federico Santangelo -- The curiate law and the religious nature of the power of Roman magistrates / Michel Humm -- Rationalizing religious practices : the pontifical calendar and the law / Jorg Rupke -- The jurisdiction of the pontiffs at the end of the fourth century BC / Jan Hendrik Valgaeren -- The longevity of the fetial priests / Linda Zollschan -- Sacred law and civil law / Olga Tellegen-Couperus -- The control of the sacred in Roman law / James Rives -- The immortality of the soul and Roman law / Jan Willem Tellegen.
Summary: Drawing on epigraphic, legal, literary, and numismatic sources, this book reveals how, in the Roman Republic, law and religion interacted to serve the same purpose, the continued growth and consolidation of Rome's power.
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Drawing on epigraphic, legal, literary, and numismatic sources, this book reveals how, in the Roman Republic, law and religion interacted to serve the same purpose, the continued growth and consolidation of Rome's power.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Divine law and the penalty of sacer esto in early Rome / Leon ter Beek -- Law and divination in the later republic / Federico Santangelo -- The curiate law and the religious nature of the power of Roman magistrates / Michel Humm -- Rationalizing religious practices : the pontifical calendar and the law / Jorg Rupke -- The jurisdiction of the pontiffs at the end of the fourth century BC / Jan Hendrik Valgaeren -- The longevity of the fetial priests / Linda Zollschan -- Sacred law and civil law / Olga Tellegen-Couperus -- The control of the sacred in Roman law / James Rives -- The immortality of the soul and Roman law / Jan Willem Tellegen.

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