Jörg Rüpke

The Roman Calendar from Numa to Constantine

Time, History, and the Fasti
Übersetzung: Richardson, David M. B.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Roman calendar, in particular the Julian form of the calendar during the reign of Caesar, was used as the basis for what is, globally, the most important calendar today. It evolved in a series of reforms and revolutions and many of its peculiar features, from the names of the months to the number of days, are still visible. Offering new reconstructions of the critical stages of its technical, political, medial, and religious history, The Roman Calendar from Numa to Constantine demands serious revisions to previous accounts and provides a definitive history of the Roman calendar.

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This book provides a definitive account of the history of the Roman calendar, offering new reconstructions of its development that demand serious revisions to previous accounts.

Examines the critical stages of the technical, political, and religious history of the Roman calendar
Provides a comprehensive historical and social contextualization of ancient calendars and chronicles
Highlights the unique characteristics which are still visible in the most dominant modern global calendar

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 175mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780470655085
• ISBN-10: 0470655089
• Artikelnr.: 33238969

Autorenporträt

Jörg Rüpke is Fellow in Religious Studies at the Max Weber Centre of the University of Erfurt. His publications include Fasti sacerdotum: A Prosopography of Pagan, Jewish, and Christian Religious Officials in the City of Rome, 300 BC to AD 499 (trans. David Richardson, 2008), Religion of the Romans (2007), A Companion to Roman Religion (2007), and Religion and Law in Classical and Christian Rome (co-edited with C. Ando, 2006) David M B Richardson has previously translated Fasti sacerdotum: A Prosopography of Pagan, Jewish, and Christian Religious Officials in the City of Rome, 300 BC to AD 499 (Jörg Rüpke, 2008), and contributed to the English translation of Brill's New Pauly Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World (2002 onwards).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1 Time's social dimension 2 Observations on the Roman fasti 3
Towards an early history of the Roman calendar 4 The introduction of the
Republican calendar 5 The written calendar 6 The Acilian law and the
problem of pontifical intercalation 7 Reinterpretation of the fasti in the
temple of the Muses 8 From Republic to Empire 9 The disappearance of marble
calendars 10 Calendar monopoly and competition between calendars 11 The
calendar in the public realm Bibliography Indexes

Rezensionen

"This book is a very welcome addition to the study of Roman time. R. has long stood in the top tier of scholars working on the Roman calendar. This book is destined to become an indispensable resource for scholars and students wishing to understand the origins and development of the Roman calendar as a mechanism for marking time, but more particularly as a social construct at the mercy of the political powers of the time." (Journal of Roman Studies, 1 August 2013)