Jörg Rüpke

The Roman Calendar from Numa to Constantine (eBook, ePUB)

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

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444396522
• Artikelnr.: 38308566

Autorenporträt

About the Author 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). About the Translator 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)