A Place at the Altar : : Priestesses in Republican Rome /

A Place at the Altar : : Priestesses in Republican Rome / / Meghan J. DiLuzio.

A Place at the Altar illuminates a previously underappreciated dimension of religion in ancient Rome: the role of priestesses in civic cult. Demonstrating that priestesses had a central place in public rituals and institutions, Meghan DiLuzio emphasizes the complex, gender-inclusive nature of Roman...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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DiLuzio, Meghan J.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]
©2017
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; 19 halftones. 2 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. The Flamen and Flaminica Dialis
  • Chapter Two. Priestly Couples
  • Chapter Three. Salian Virgins, Sacerdotes, and Ministrae
  • Chapter Four. The Vestal Virgins
  • Chapter Five. The Costume of the Vestal Virgins
  • Chapter Six. The Ritual Activities of the Vestal Virgins
  • Chapter Seven. The Vestal Virgins in Roman Politics
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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