J A North
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1447412 |
|---|---|
| NOME | J A North |
| PRENOMES | J A |
| SOBRENOME | North |
| ASSINATURA | NORTH J A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University College London |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 208 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1975 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2017 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The Religious History of the Roman Empire
Historians of antiquity used to argue that, from the 6th century bce onwards, the religious traditions of Greek and Roman pagans became an empty shell maintained by elites who no longer had any belief in them except as a device for keeping the masses subservient. In recent decades this theory, always highly speculative and over-dependent on the views of ancient philosophers, has been largely abandoned. In fact, down to the 2nd, even the 3rd centu…
The Limits of the "Religious" in the Late Roman Republic
Gender and Cult in the Roman West
This chapter discusses the implications of the different rules of admission of important Roman West cults - Mithras, Isis, Attis - and of the myths associated with their deities. It explores the implications of reasonably well-established and familiar facts about the recruitment policy of these three cults, seen in relation to their main rituals and myths. The three cults of have been chosen because they take such contrasting attitudes towards th…
Caesar at the Lupercalia
This article examines the context in which Caesar, enthroned in state, attended the Festival of the Lupercalia of 44 B.C. at which he was offered and rejected a diadem; it asks the question what the ritual had to offer to Caesar. An examination of the Festival's character and tradition suggests (a) that it took the form of a street carnival, (b) that it was concerned simultaneously with the purification, fertility and protection of the people of …
Postscript to the Lupercalia
As a postscript to the two articles on the Lupercalia, and to bridge the gap in time between them, it is argued that there is no evidence to suggest a major reform of the festival in the period of Augustus' principate and that the traditional celebration continued into the Empire. There does, however, seem to be artistic evidence that from the third century onwards the celebrations became more dramatic, perhaps, violent, implying that there was s…
Religions in the Roman Empire
The study of Roman ‘paganism’ The study of Roman pagan religion as a separate subject does not go back before the early nineteenth century. In its relatively short history it has been dominated by a small number of ideas that have sometimes been seen as almost beyond challenge. The keynote was set from the very beginning as a story of ‘decline’. The idea was that the religion of the very earliest Romans was closely adapted to their needs but that…
Why Does Festus Quote What He Quotes
Arnobius on Sacrifice
Journal Article ARNOBIUS ON SACRIFICE Get access J. A. North J. A. North Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 50, Issue Supplement_91, March 2007, Pages 27–36, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2007.tb02373.x Published: 27 July 2011
Aristotle's Empiricism
Roman Religion Revived
The Jews among Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire
Democratic Politics in Republican Rome
The Roman Counter-Revolution
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Religion and Politics, from Republic to Principate
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Ronald Syme, Some Arval Brethren. Oxford
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These he cannot take
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The Development of Roman Imperialism
William Harris' War and Imperialism (Oxford, 1979) has already received a long review in last year's Journal (70 (1980) 177 f.) by A. N. Sherwin White; but the importance of the book and of its theme clearly justifies further discussion of the essential problems raised. In any case, the review concentrated almost entirely on points of disagreement and hardly stated a position on the general questions raised by Harris' work. What is more the autho…
Novelty and Choice in Roman Religion
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Le culte des Souverains dans l'empire Romain (Entretiens sur l'antiquité classique, xix). Vandoeuvres-Genève
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Conservatism and Change in Roman Religion
The conservatism of the Romans in matters of religion is a generally accepted truth and it is in many ways a very obvious truth. I have no intention of denying it. They set a very high value on their religious tradition; they sought to preserve and reproduce the ceremonies and customs inherited from their ancestors; they thought it wrong and even dangerous to abandon or neglect the many gods, goddesses and sacred places of which the city was full…
Praesens Divus
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Democratic Politics in Republican Rome
Conservatism and Change in Roman Religion
The conservatism of the Romans in matters of religion is a generally accepted truth and it is in many ways a very obvious truth. I have no intention of denying it. They set a very high value on their religious tradition; they sought to preserve and reproduce the ceremonies and customs inherited from their ancestors; they thought it wrong and even dangerous to abandon or neglect the many gods, goddesses and sacred places of which the city was full…
Postscript to the Lupercalia
As a postscript to the two articles on the Lupercalia, and to bridge the gap in time between them, it is argued that there is no evidence to suggest a major reform of the festival in the period of Augustus' principate and that the traditional celebration continued into the Empire. There does, however, seem to be artistic evidence that from the third century onwards the celebrations became more dramatic, perhaps, violent, implying that there was s…
The Development of Roman Imperialism
William Harris' War and Imperialism (Oxford, 1979) has already received a long review in last year's Journal (70 (1980) 177 f.) by A. N. Sherwin White; but the importance of the book and of its theme clearly justifies further discussion of the essential problems raised. In any case, the review concentrated almost entirely on points of disagreement and hardly stated a position on the general questions raised by Harris' work. What is more the autho…
Caesar at the Lupercalia
This article examines the context in which Caesar, enthroned in state, attended the Festival of the Lupercalia of 44 B.C. at which he was offered and rejected a diadem; it asks the question what the ritual had to offer to Caesar. An examination of the Festival's character and tradition suggests (a) that it took the form of a street carnival, (b) that it was concerned simultaneously with the purification, fertility and protection of the people of …
The Limits of the "Religious" in the Late Roman Republic
Praesens Divus
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Le culte des Souverains dans l'empire Romain (Entretiens sur l'antiquité classique, xix). Vandoeuvres-Genève
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Conservatism and Change in Roman Religion
The conservatism of the Romans in matters of religion is a generally accepted truth and it is in many ways a very obvious truth. I have no intention of denying it. They set a very high value on their religious tradition; they sought to preserve and reproduce the ceremonies and customs inherited from their ancestors; they thought it wrong and even dangerous to abandon or neglect the many gods, goddesses and sacred places of which the city was full…
Novelty and Choice in Roman Religion
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The Development of Roman Imperialism
William Harris' War and Imperialism (Oxford, 1979) has already received a long review in last year's Journal (70 (1980) 177 f.) by A. N. Sherwin White; but the importance of the book and of its theme clearly justifies further discussion of the essential problems raised. In any case, the review concentrated almost entirely on points of disagreement and hardly stated a position on the general questions raised by Harris' work. What is more the autho…
Ronald Syme, Some Arval Brethren. Oxford
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These he cannot take
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Religion and Politics, from Republic to Principate
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The Roman Counter-Revolution
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Democratic Politics in Republican Rome
The Jews among Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire
Roman Religion Revived
Aristotle's Empiricism
Religions in the Roman Empire
The study of Roman ‘paganism’ The study of Roman pagan religion as a separate subject does not go back before the early nineteenth century. In its relatively short history it has been dominated by a small number of ideas that have sometimes been seen as almost beyond challenge. The keynote was set from the very beginning as a story of ‘decline’. The idea was that the religion of the very earliest Romans was closely adapted to their needs but that…
Why Does Festus Quote What He Quotes
Arnobius on Sacrifice
Journal Article ARNOBIUS ON SACRIFICE Get access J. A. North J. A. North Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 50, Issue Supplement_91, March 2007, Pages 27–36, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2007.tb02373.x Published: 27 July 2011
Caesar at the Lupercalia
This article examines the context in which Caesar, enthroned in state, attended the Festival of the Lupercalia of 44 B.C. at which he was offered and rejected a diadem; it asks the question what the ritual had to offer to Caesar. An examination of the Festival's character and tradition suggests (a) that it took the form of a street carnival, (b) that it was concerned simultaneously with the purification, fertility and protection of the people of …
Postscript to the Lupercalia
As a postscript to the two articles on the Lupercalia, and to bridge the gap in time between them, it is argued that there is no evidence to suggest a major reform of the festival in the period of Augustus' principate and that the traditional celebration continued into the Empire. There does, however, seem to be artistic evidence that from the third century onwards the celebrations became more dramatic, perhaps, violent, implying that there was s…
Gender and Cult in the Roman West
This chapter discusses the implications of the different rules of admission of important Roman West cults - Mithras, Isis, Attis - and of the myths associated with their deities. It explores the implications of reasonably well-established and familiar facts about the recruitment policy of these three cults, seen in relation to their main rituals and myths. The three cults of have been chosen because they take such contrasting attitudes towards th…
The Limits of the "Religious" in the Late Roman Republic
The Religious History of the Roman Empire
Historians of antiquity used to argue that, from the 6th century bce onwards, the religious traditions of Greek and Roman pagans became an empty shell maintained by elites who no longer had any belief in them except as a device for keeping the masses subservient. In recent decades this theory, always highly speculative and over-dependent on the views of ancient philosophers, has been largely abandoned. In fact, down to the 2nd, even the 3rd centu…
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