Dea Roma and the Roman virtues : a comparative study in the policy and practice of Deified abstractions

The purpose of this thesis is to provide an in-depth study of the goddess Roma and the development and spread of her cult across the eastern and western halves of the Roman Empire from the second century BC to the reign of Augustus. In the east the institution of her cult was the result of expanding...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharp, James Edward
Other Authors: Wardle, David
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14011