Living and Working with the Gods : : Studies of Evidence for Private Religion and Its Material Environment in the City of Ostia (100-500 AD).

• Superior document: Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology
• Author: Bakker, J. T.
• Place / Publishing House: Naperville : : BRILL,, 1994.; ©1994.
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (388 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- LIVING AND WORKING WITH THE GODS -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1 Subject-matter and aims of the study -- 2 Definitions of public and private religion -- 2A The antique definitions -- 2B Alternative definitions -- 2C Specification of the alternative definitions -- 3 Status quaestionis -- 3A The decay of Ostia, the plundering of the site, and the excavations -- 3B General studies concerning Ostia -- 3C Studies concerning religion in Ostia -- 3D Studies concerning Roman private religion in general and in cities other than Ostia -- 4 Selection of the material environment of the evidence -- 5 The evidence -- 5A Conspectus of the material expressions of private religion -- 5B The preservation of the evidence -- 5C The functions of niches -- 5D The identification of shrines -- 5E Selection of the evidence -- 6 Structure of the study -- 7 Technical data -- Chapter 2: Domus -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conspectus of the Ostian domus -- 3 Notes on the dates, appearance, lay-out, size, and distribution -- 4 Notes on the inhabitants and visitors -- 5 Religion in the domus -- 5A The evidence -- 5B Dates, position, appearance, deities -- 5C Participants, beneficiaries, organization -- Chapter 3: Other habitations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conspectus of the other Ostian habitations -- 3 Notes on the dates, appearance, lay-out, size, and distribution -- 4 Notes on the owners and inhabitants -- 5 Religion in the other habitations -- 5A The evidence -- 5B Dates, position, appearance, deities -- 5C Participants, beneficiaries, organization -- Chapter 4: Workshops and depots -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conspectus of the Ostian workshops and depots -- 3 Notes on the dates, appearance, lay-out, size and distribution -- 4 Notes on the owners and workers.

5 Religion in the workshops and depots -- 5A The evidence -- The evidence in workshops -- The evidence in depots -- 5B Dates, position, appearance, deities -- 5C Participants, beneficiaries, organization -- Chapter 5: Shops, bars, markets, and hotels -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conspectus of the Ostian shops, bars, markets, and hotels -- 3 Notes on the dates, appearance, lay-out, size, and distribution -- 4 Notes on the owners and personnel -- 5 Religion in the shops, bars, markets, and hotels -- 5A The evidence -- The evidence in shops and bars -- The evidence in communal parts of buildings and related to shops -- The evidence in hotels -- 5B Dates, position, appearance, deities -- 5C Participants, beneficiaries, organization -- Chapter 6: Unclassifiable evidence -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Presentation of the evidence -- 2A The evidence -- The evidence which formed part of the selected material environment: -- The material evidence -- The graffiti -- The evidence which may have formed part of the selected material environment -- 2B Dates, position, appearance, deities -- 2C Participants, beneficiaries, organization -- Chapter 7: The mithraea -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Presentation of the evidence -- 2A The evidence -- 2B Dates, position, distribution, appearance, deities -- 2C Participants, organization -- Chapter 8: The compita -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Presentation of the evidence -- 2A The evidence -- The evidence from Ostia -- The evidence from Rome -- The evidence from Pompeii -- 2B Dates, position, distribution, appearance, deities -- 2C Participants, organization -- Chapter 9: The Sacello del Silvano -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data concerning the bakers in Ostia -- 2A Archaeological evidence -- 2B Inscriptions -- 2C Legal sources -- 3 The organization and the customers of the Ostian and Roman bakers -- 4 The Sacello del Silvano.

4A History of the excavations -- 4B The building periods of room 24 and the Sacello -- 4C The paintings and the floor-mosaic in the Sacello -- Summary of the succession of the layers of plaster -- identification of the figures -- The dates of the plaster and the floor-mosaic -- Layers 1 and 2 -- Layers 3 and 4 -- Layer 5 -- Layer 6 -- The floor-mosaic -- 4D The fire and the finds -- 4E The functions of room 24 and the Sacello -- 4F The initiators of and the people using the Sacello -- Chapter 10: The buildings and the people -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Dates -- 3 Appearance, lay-out, size, and distribution -- 4 The owners, inhabitants, visitors, workers, and personnel -- Chapter 11: Interpretation of the evidence in habitations and in commercial premises -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Dates -- 3 Position -- Domus -- Other habitations -- Workshops and depots -- Shops, bars, markets, and hotels -- Unclassifiable evidence -- 4 Appearance -- 5 Deities -- 6 Participants, beneficiaries, and organization -- Chapter 12: Interpretation of the compila, the milhraea, and the Sacello del Silvano -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The compita -- Dates -- Position and distribution -- Appearance -- Deities -- Participants and organization -- 3 The mithraea -- Dates -- Position and distribution -- Deities -- Participants and organization -- 4 The Sacello del Silvano -- Deities -- Participants and organization -- Catalogue A: Chapters 2 to 6 -- Evidence of unknown origin -- Appendix: a depiction of Silvanus near the Mitreo de! Palazzo Imperiale I -- Catalogue B: The compita -- Catalogue C: The Sacello del Silvano -- Caseggiato dei Molini, room 24 -- Caseggiato dei Molini, room 25 (Sacello de! Silvano) -- Caseggiato dei Molini, room 25: plaster -- Mural paintings in the Sacello del Silvano - Eric M. Moonnann -- 1 Introduction.

2 Technical, stylistic and iconographic analysis -- 2A Phase 2 -- 2B Phase 3-4 -- Augustus -- Alexander the Great -- Augustus and Alexander -- The Dioscures -- 2C Phase 5 -- 2D Phase 6 -- Bibliography -- Lists -- List of figures -- List of plates -- Bibliography -- Indexes -- Index of classical authors and legal sources -- Index of inscriptions, graffiti, painted texts, and stamps -- Index of the evidence from Pompeii and Herculaneum -- Topographical index -- General index -- PLATES.