Religion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23722244 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Darja Sterbenc Erker (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 118-133 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | A Companion to the Neronian Age (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118316771.ch7 |
| OpenAlex | W4252290223 |
| ISBN | 9781118316771 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
Nero, like all Roman emperors, concentrated religious as well as political and military power in his own hands. Like every new emperor, he took over the office of the pontifex maximus, the head of the pontiffs. An important issue of religious debates in the literature of Nero's time was the concept of superstition. After a short introduction to Nero's condemnation of adherents of foreign and false religion, this chapter discusses literary representations of this phenomenon. The emperor cult outside Rome was a combination of traditional local rituals and new impulses. Municipalities were free to choose which festivals of the imperial household they would celebrate and in which ways to pay honor to the imperial family. Religion permeates Petronius' novel Satyrica: it is, therefore, a good case study for the analysis of distinctions between religion and superstitio in the "private" context.
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology) · Cult · Emperor · Epistemology · Honor · Literature · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · Superstition · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |