Fujii Imperial Cult and Imperial Representation in Roman Cyprus

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-515-10369-5
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, Band 53, 248 Seiten, E-Book-Text

Reihe: Heidelberger althistorische Beiträge und epigraphische Studien

Cyprus, the third largest island in the Mediterranean, came under Roman domination during the late Republican Civil War. Due to its position outside of the political and strategic centres of the Empire, Roman Cyprus was something of a among ancient historians. This e-book investigates communication between this "quiescent" province and the Roman emperor through the exploration of fascinating epigraphic evidence concerning the imperial cult and imperial representation on the island (dedications, statues, oaths, priests, calendars etc.). The central themes of the e-book are the religious status of the emperor embedded in the Cypriot religious milieu, political relationships between Cyprus and the Empire and their influences on the imperial cult performed on the island, and the part played by imperial representation in the life cycle of the Cypriots. The appendix catalogues the relevant inscriptions, with translations and other related information.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fujii, Takashi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;CONTENTS;6
2;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;8
3;INTRODUCTION;12
4;1. THE AIM OF THE PRESENT STUDY AND ITS BACKGROUND;12
5;2. ROMAN CYPRUS AND ITS IMPERIAL CULT;15
6;3. THE STRUCTURE OF THE PRESENT STUDY;20
7;PART 1. THE EMPEROR IN THE WIDE SPECTRUM OF REPRESENTATION;22
8;CHAPTER 1. EMPERORS REPRESENTED IN THE GREEK LANGUAGE;24
9;1.1. THE EMPEROR AS THEOS;24
10;1.2. AMBIGUITY CONCERNING SEBASTOI;33
11;1.3. OTHER IMPERIAL EPITHETS;35
12;1.4. CONCLUDING REMARKS;37
13;CHAPTER 2. IMPERIAL STATUES;38
14;2.1. EVIDENCE AND METHODS;40
15;2.2. IMPERIAL STATUES IN CONTEXT;46
16;2.3. CONCLUDING REMARKS;56
17;CHAPTER 3. STATUS OF THE EMPEROR IN THE CIVIC LANDSCAPE;58
18;3.1. SACRED SITES;58
19;3.2. GYMNASIA;68
20;3.3. THEATRES;73
21;3.4. CONCLUDING REMARKS;75
22;CHAPTER 4. A CYPRIOT OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO TIBERIUS;78
23;4.1. THE TEXTUAL STRUCTURE;79
24;4.2. THE THEOI HORKIOI;79
25;4.3. THE OATH AND THE IMPERIAL CULT;86
26;4.4. THE CONTEXT OF THE OATH;88
27;4.5. CONCLUDING REMARKS;91
28;PART 2. POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SETTINGS OF THE IMPERIAL CULT;94
29;CHAPTER 5. COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE IMPERIAL CULT;96
30;5.1. DO UT DES IN THE IMPERIAL CULT;96
31;5.2. THE IMPERIAL CULT AS A SYSTEM;103
32;5.3. THE THREE LEVELS OF THE IMPERIAL CULT;105
33;5.4. CONCLUDING REMARKS;110
34;CHAPTER 6. THE IMPERIAL CULT IN THE SOCIO-POLITICAL FRAMEWORK OF CYPRUS;112
35;6.1. IMPERIAL PRIESTS ON CYPRUS;113
36;6.2. THE IMPERIAL CULT IN HIERARCHICAL SOCIETY;117
37;6.3. CONCLUDING REMARKS;123
38;PART 3. THE EMPEROR IN THE LIFE OF THE CYPRIOTS;126
39;CHAPTER 7. FESTIVALS;128
40;7.1. CYPRIOT FESTIVALS IN HONOUR OF THE EMPEROR;129
41;7.2. CONCLUDING REMARKS;134
42;CHAPTER 8. EMPERORS AND TIME;136
43;8.1. NAMING THE YEAR;136
44;8.2. CALENDARS IN ROMAN CYPRUS;145
45;8.3. CONCLUDING REMARKS;157
46;CONCLUSION;158
47;APPENDIX. EPIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE WITH TRANSLATION;162
48;ABBREVIATIONS;216
49;WORKS CITED;216
50;INDICES;230
51;NAME INDEX;230
52;SUBJECT INDEX;238
53;SOURCE INDEX;243
54;CITATIONS OF THE INSCRIPTIONS LISTED IN THE APPENDIX;248

Über Autor(innen)

Fujii, Takashi
Takashi Fujii studied Ancient History at Kyoto University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Heidelberg. JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Research Fellow at Kyoto and DAAD scholarship holder at Heidelberg.

2010: Promotion at Heidelberg University.

2009–2010: Doctoral/postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich.

Since 2010: Research Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford.