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Administration, Prosopography and Appointment Policies in the Roman Empire
The title of this volume is ‘Administration, Prosopography and Appointment Policies in the Roman Empire’. The papers contained in this volume focus on all three of these themes, within the context of the impact of the Roman empire upon the regions it dominated. The papers contained in the first part of the volume concentrate on appointment policies, career structures and the impact of military presence and recuitment, esp. in border provinces, in the period of the Principate (27 B.C. – A.D. 284). In the second part of the volume the reader will find papers on Roman jurists, administrators, and bureaucrats and articles about administrative procedures, the administration of justice, rescripts and the influence of learned juridical treatises in various regions of the Roman empire. The last section of the volume presents contributions on the impact of the Roman imperial administration and appointment policies on communal rights and politics, the composition of local councils, local administrative structures, Romanisation, and social mobility of regional and local notables in various provinces of the Roman Empire.
The Birth of Hedonism
According to Xenophon, Socrates tried to persuade his associate Aristippus to moderate his excessive indulgence in wine, women, and food, arguing that only hard work can bring happiness. Aristippus wasn't convinced. Instead, he and his followers espoused the most radical form of hedonism in ancient Western philosophy. Before the rise of the better known but comparatively ascetic Epicureans, the Cyrenaics pursued a way of life in which moments of pleasure, particularly bodily pleasure, held the highest value. In The Birth of Hedonism, Kurt Lampe provides the most comprehensive account in any language of Cyrenaic ideas and behavior, revolutionizing the understanding of this neglected but impor...
Il culto di Asclepio nell'area mediterranea
Il complesso quadro dello sviluppo e della diffusione del culto di Asclepio nel Mediterraneo, la cui consistenza rappresenta un unicum nel panorama religioso greco-romano, è stato analizzato in tutti gli aspetti salienti nel più ampio contesto di analoghi fenomeni religiosi presenti nell'area mediterranea. Nel campo storico-archeologico gli studiosi hanno illustrato i molteplici aspetti del culto di Asclepio nella Grecia continentale, nell'Egeo, nell'Asia Minore, nell'ambiente italico, nel Nord Africa e nella Sicilia, con tutti i problemi aperti di ordine topografico, architettonico, iconografico e cronologico, nonché rituali in connessione con le fonti letterarie ed epigrafiche. Nel campo storico religioso gli studiosi hanno rivolto la loro attenzione alla trattazione delle fonti di particolare significato, degli aspetti iatromantici del culto nel vicino Oriente e in Egitto, e di temi che coinvolgono astrologia, magia e medicina sul piano letterario, filologico e della cultura materiale, sino ai confini del culto tra paganesimo e cristianesimo.
Water in the Cultic Worship of Isis and Sarapis
Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE -- THE NILE WATER CRYPTS -- OTHER TYPES OF FIXED NILE WATER CONTAINERS -- WHY NILE WATER? 1. EVIDENCE FROM THE CRYPTS -- WHY NILE WATER? 2. EVIDENCE FROM OUTSIDE THE CULT -- WHY NILE WATER? 3. THE OSIRIS EVIDENCE -- ABLUTION FACILITIES AND RITUALS -- EGYPTIANIZING THE CULT OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS -- SURVEY OF THE SITES -- OTHER TYPES OF CRYPTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CULT -- NOTES -- INDICES -- LIST OF PLATES -- PLATES I-XXX AND MAP.
Commodus
The emperor Commodus (AD 180-192) has commonly been portrayed as an insane madman, whose reign marked the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. Indeed, the main point of criticism on his father, Marcus Aurelius, is that he appointed his son as his successor. Especially Commodus’ behaviour as a gladiator, and the way he represented himself with divine attributes (especially those of Hercules), are often used as evidence for the emperor’s presumed madness. However, this ‘political biography’ will apply modern interpretations of the spectacles in the arena, and of the imperial cult, to Commodus' reign. It will focus on the dissemination and reception of imperial images, and suggest that there was a method in Commodus’ madness.
