THE DIVINITY OF THE ROMAN EMPEROR
by Taylor, Lily Ross
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0405070683
- ISBN 13
- 9780405070686
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About This Item
Arno Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0405070683 . Minor shelfwear. Former owner's name to ffep deleted with black marker. Very Faint staining to boards. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1931 Edition. Establishes the context of worship in the Roman state cult, Taylor brings her readers back a couple of centuries prior, to Alexander's time and other Hellenistic rulers. Then she guides the reader through Rome's Republic, Julius Caesar's attempts to make for himself a divine monarchy, his death and apotheosis. And logically the account follows Caesar's son, Augustus (the divi filius) and the founding of the imperial cult in Rome and throughout the empire. Taylor closes her work with Augustus' deification. ; Arno Press Collection. ; 296 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19102
- Title
- THE DIVINITY OF THE ROMAN EMPEROR
- Author
- Taylor, Lily Ross
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0405070683
- ISBN 13
- 9780405070686
- Publisher
- Arno Press
- Place of Publication
- Manchester, New Hampshire, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- 0405070683, Paganism, Roman Empire, Roman History, Classical Greek & Roman, Paganism, Roman Empire, Cults & Demonism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Paganism;
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