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Roman Gods: A Conceptual Approach

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Roman Gods: A Conceptual Approach
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Publisher: Brill
ISBN-13: 9789004175037
Number of pages: 231

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Drawing exclusively on the evidence from urban Rome up to the age of Constantine, the book analyzes the pagan, Jewish, and Christian concepts of 'god' along the lines of space, time, personnel, function, iconography and ritual.

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