{"product_id":"divine-institutions-religions-and-community-in-the-middle-roman-republic-9780691247632","title":"Divine Institutions: Religions and Community in the Middle Roman Republic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eDivine Institutions  demonstrates how religious ritual and observance held the Roman Republic together during the fourth and third centuries BCE, when the Roman state significantly expanded and diversified. It sheds light on how the proliferation of temples and changes to Rome's calendar created new civic rhythms of festival celebration and how pilgrimage to the city surged with the increase in the number and frequency of festivals attached to Rome's temple structures. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 344 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 13 June 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany narrative histories of Rome's transformation from an Italian city-state to a Mediterranean superpower focus on political and military conflicts as the primary agents of social change. \u003cbr\u003eDivine Institutions  places religion at the heart of this transformation, showing how religious ritual and observance held the Roman Republic together during the fourth and third centuries BCE, a period when the Roman state significantly expanded and diversified. \u003cbr\u003eBlending the latest advances in archaeology with innovative sociological and anthropological methods, Dan-el Padilla Peralta takes readers from the capitulation of Rome's neighbor and adversary Veii in 398 BCE to the end of the Second Punic War in 202 BCE, demonstrating how the Roman state was redefined through the twin pillars of temple construction and pilgrimage. He sheds light on how the proliferation of temples together with changes to Rome's calendar created new civic rhythms of festival celebration, and how pilgrimage to the city surged with the increase in the number and frequency of festivals attached to Rome's temple structures. \u003cbr\u003eDivine Institutions  overcomes many of the evidentiary hurdles that for so long have impeded research into this pivotal period in Rome's history. This book reconstructs the scale and social costs of these religious practices and reveals how religious observance emerged as an indispensable strategy for bringing Romans of many different backgrounds to the center, both physically and symbolically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 235 x 156 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780691247632\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dan-el Padilla Peralta","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44327446380794,"sku":"9780691247632","price":24.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1688741434246_book.jpg?v=1688887327","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/divine-institutions-religions-and-community-in-the-middle-roman-republic-9780691247632","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}