Religion & Classical Warfare: The Roman Empire

Matthew Dillon, Christopher Matthew (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2022
Pen & Sword Military (Verlag)
978-1-4738-3430-9 (ISBN)

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Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Romans were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Mars, god of War) or consulting oracles and omens to divine their plans. Yet the link between war and religion is an area that has been regularly overlooked by modern scholars examining the conflicts of these times. This volume addresses that omission by drawing together the work of experts from across the globe. The chapters have been carefully structured by the editors so that this wide array of scholarship combines to give a coherent, comprehensive study of the role of religion in the wars of the Roman Empire.

Aspects considered in depth include: the Imperial cults and legionary loyalty; the army and religious/regional disputes; Trajan and religion; Constantine and Christianity; omens and portents; funerary cults and practices; the cult of Mithras; the Imperial sacramentum; religion & Imperial military medicine.

The editors: Dr Matthew Dillon is the Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of New England, New South Wales, Australia. His previous works include Omens and Oracles. Divination in Archaic and Classical Greece (2017). Dr Christopher Matthew teaches at Australian Catholic University, New South Wales, Australia. He wrote _A Storm of Spears_ (2012) and _An Invincible Beast_ (2015) made a new translation of Aelian's _Tactics_ (2012) and co-edited _Beyond the Gates of Fire_ (2013) (all published by Pen & Sword).

Erscheinungsdatum	31.05.2022
Zusatzinfo	30 black and white illustrations
Verlagsort	South Yorkshire
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4738-3430-9 / 1473834309
ISBN-13	978-1-4738-3430-9 / 9781473834309
Zustand	Neuware