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The Gods of Roman Britain Miranda J. Green

The Gods of Roman Britain By Miranda J. Green

The Gods of Roman Britain by Miranda J. Green


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Summary

This book looks at the religious beliefs of the people of the roman province of Britain and at the gods they worshipped.

The Gods of Roman Britain Summary

The Gods of Roman Britain by Miranda J. Green

This book looks at the religious beliefs of the people of the roman province of Britain and at the gods they worshipped. Little literary evidence survies and it is therefore necessary to rely almost wholly on epitraphic and icongraphical representations. The book firstr examines the pre-Roman Celtic background to Romano-British religion from about 500BC. The chapters following analyse the nature of the evidence; the introduction of Roman religion to the province; oriental cults including Christianity; the integration of Roman with pre-existing British and other Celtic cults, and the resulting composite religion which thus emerged. The final chapter examines stylised Celtic representations of anonymous divinities.

About Miranda J. Green

Miranda Green read archaeology at Cardiff University, awarded an MLitt at the University of Oxford, and a PhD at the Open University. She is currently Professor of Archaeology at University of Wales College, Newpor, where she is also Director of the SCARAB Research Centre. She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, the Archaeology and Art Editor of the University of Wales journal and a Member of the Ancient Monuments Board for Wales.

Table of Contents

The beginnings of Romano-British Religion; Pagan Eastern Deities; The gods of Rome; Romano-Celtic Cults; The Celtic gods; Christianity; Museums; Select bibliography; Glossary;

Additional information

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9780852636343
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The Gods of Roman Britain by Miranda J. Green
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2003-01-01
76
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