A Companion Roman Religion - Spiritual Minds

Part IV Actors and Actions 273

20 Religious Actors in Daily Life: Practices and Related Beliefs 275

Nicole Belayche

21 Republican Nobiles: Controlling the Res Publica 292

Veit Rosenberger

22 Emperors: Caring for the Empire and Their Successors 304

Peter Herz

23 Urban Elites in the Roman East: Enhancing Regional

Positions and Social Superiority 317

Athanasios Rizakis

24 Living on Religion: Professionals and Personnel 331

Marietta Horster

Part V Different Religious Identities 343

25 Roman Diaspora Judaism 345

Jack N. Lightstone

26 Creating One’s Own Religion: Intellectual Choices 378

Attilio Mastrocinque

27 Institutionalized Religious Options: Mithraism 392

Richard Gordon

28 The Romanness of Roman Christianity 406

Stefan Heid

Part VI Roman Religion Outside and Seen from Outside 427

29 Exporting Roman Religion 429

Clifford Ando

30 Religion in the Roman East 446

Ted Kaizer

31 Roman Religion in the Vision of Tertullian 457

Cecilia Ames

Bibliography 472

General Index 511

Index of Personal Names 526

Index of Places 537

Contents ix

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