Jason P Davies
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3875261 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jason P Davies |
| NOMBRES | Jason P |
| APELLIDO | Davies |
| FIRMA | DAVIES J P |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7213-2147 |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2001 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Belief in Greek and Roman Religion
For the Greeks and Romans, the world was full of gods, but this fundamental aspect of their experience poses major challenges to modern understanding. The concept of belief has been central to meeting those challenges but has itself been hotly debated, and has at times even been rejected as a supposedly Christianising anachronism. Others, meanwhile, have argued that a culture-neutral model of belief is both possible and essential, while the adven…
Tacitus and the restoration of Rome
Just as the analysis of Livy's religious material required some awareness of his broader aims and methods, so too with Tacitus it is essential to acknowledge the way in which he undertook his project and what that was. Of course society had changed profoundly with the transition to empire and we should not expect that the eminently political act of writing history had not also adapted. Nonetheless we shall see that if circumstances and methods ha…
Livy and the invention of Roman religion
The reception of Livy Religious material in Livy Our reception of Livy has tended to be determined by our requirements. As a source of historical information, he has been considered disappointing when judged by modern standards and methods. Though there are undoubtedly problems recovering historical facts from our author, recent, more ‘literary’ studies have brought more favourable results that show Roman identity to have been a key factor in sha…
Conclusions
Religion is a powerful theme in the three authors scrutinised here: indeed it might be said to be the backbone both of the historical record and of the transaction of Roman identity. Virtually every major battle and a great many other events are explained with reference to the gods. Historiography, in its role of explanation and characterisation, appropriated a particular role to itself in its synthesis of the competing religious knowledges: thes…
Ammianus and a final settlement
Introduction Over 250 years passed between the works of Tacitus and Ammianus Marcellinus. How, exactly, we are to think of the religious aspects of the period in which the latter wrote is a complex question that could easily merit a book in its own right. We can point to the survival of many pagan cults and practices for centuries after Constantine. Or, with our long hindsight, we could point to symbolic moments such as the death of Julian, the l…
Rome's Religious History
This book explores the way in which three ancient historians, writing in Latin, embedded the gods into their accounts of the past. Although previous scholarship has generally portrayed these writers as somewhat dismissive of traditional Roman religion, it is argued here that Livy, Tacitus and Ammianus saw themselves as being very close to the centre of those traditions. The gods are presented as a potent historical force, and a close reading of t…
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Tacitus Germany
Rome's Religious History
This book explores the way in which three ancient historians, writing in Latin, embedded the gods into their accounts of the past. Although previous scholarship has generally portrayed these writers as somewhat dismissive of traditional Roman religion, it is argued here that Livy, Tacitus and Ammianus saw themselves as being very close to the centre of those traditions. The gods are presented as a potent historical force, and a close reading of t…
Tacitus and the restoration of Rome
Just as the analysis of Livy's religious material required some awareness of his broader aims and methods, so too with Tacitus it is essential to acknowledge the way in which he undertook his project and what that was. Of course society had changed profoundly with the transition to empire and we should not expect that the eminently political act of writing history had not also adapted. Nonetheless we shall see that if circumstances and methods ha…
Livy and the invention of Roman religion
The reception of Livy Religious material in Livy Our reception of Livy has tended to be determined by our requirements. As a source of historical information, he has been considered disappointing when judged by modern standards and methods. Though there are undoubtedly problems recovering historical facts from our author, recent, more ‘literary’ studies have brought more favourable results that show Roman identity to have been a key factor in sha…
Conclusions
Religion is a powerful theme in the three authors scrutinised here: indeed it might be said to be the backbone both of the historical record and of the transaction of Roman identity. Virtually every major battle and a great many other events are explained with reference to the gods. Historiography, in its role of explanation and characterisation, appropriated a particular role to itself in its synthesis of the competing religious knowledges: thes…
Ammianus and a final settlement
Introduction Over 250 years passed between the works of Tacitus and Ammianus Marcellinus. How, exactly, we are to think of the religious aspects of the period in which the latter wrote is a complex question that could easily merit a book in its own right. We can point to the survival of many pagan cults and practices for centuries after Constantine. Or, with our long hindsight, we could point to symbolic moments such as the death of Julian, the l…
Belief in Greek and Roman Religion
For the Greeks and Romans, the world was full of gods, but this fundamental aspect of their experience poses major challenges to modern understanding. The concept of belief has been central to meeting those challenges but has itself been hotly debated, and has at times even been rejected as a supposedly Christianising anachronism. Others, meanwhile, have argued that a culture-neutral model of belief is both possible and essential, while the adven…
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