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Title Law and religion in the Roman Republic / edited by Olga Tellegen-Couperus
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 229 pages) : illustrations
Series Mnemosyne, Supplements ; volume 336. History and archaeology of classical antiquity
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 336.
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity.
Contents Divine law and the penalty of sacer esto in early Rome / Leon ter Beek -- Law and divination in the later republic / Federico Santangelo -- The curiate law and the religious nature of the power of Roman magistrates / Michel Humm -- Rationalizing religious practices : the pontifical calendar and the law / Jorg Rupke -- The jurisdiction of the pontiffs at the end of the fourth century BC / Jan Hendrik Valgaeren -- The longevity of the fetial priests / Linda Zollschan -- Sacred law and civil law / Olga Tellegen-Couperus -- The control of the sacred in Roman law / James Rives -- The immortality of the soul and Roman law / Jan Willem Tellegen
Summary Drawing on epigraphic, legal, literary, and numismatic sources, this book reveals how, in the Roman Republic, law and religion interacted to serve the same purpose, the continued growth and consolidation of Rome's power
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-221) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Religion and law -- Rome
Religion and state -- Rome
Ecclesiastical law -- Rome
Priests -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Rome
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Ecclesiastical law
Religion
Religion and law
Religion and state
SUBJECT Rome -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96009771
Subject Rome (Empire)
Form Electronic book
Author Tellegen-Couperus, O. E. (Olga Eveline), editor.
LC no. 2011034733
ISBN 9789004219205
900421920X