Priestly Auctoritas in the Roman Republic

Bibliographic Data

ID9324267
AuthorsFederico Santangelo (0000-0003-4222-5841, Newcastle University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume63
Issue2
Pages743-763
Publication date2013-11-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0009838813000220
OpenAlexW2102008732
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited24

Some of the best recent work on Roman priesthoods under the Republic has engaged with the issue of priestly authority and its role in defining the place of priesthoods vis-à-vis other centres of power, influence and knowledge. The aim of this paper is to make a contribution to this line of enquiry by focussing on the concept of priestly auctoritas , which has seldom received close attention. The working hypothesis is that the study of priestly auctoritas may contribute to a broader understanding of the place of priesthood in Republican Rome, and especially in the Late Republican period, from which most of the evidence derives. The link between religious authority and religious expertise requires special attention

Aesthetics · Cult · Epistemology · Period (music · Political science · Power (physics · Sociology · The Republic · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Studies and Legal History · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · Law · Philosophy

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