Sacred Britannia: The Gods and Rituals of Roman Britain - Couverture rigide

Aldhouse-Green, Miranda

 
9780500252222: Sacred Britannia: The Gods and Rituals of Roman Britain

Synopsis

Two thousand years ago, the Romans sought to absorb into their empire what they regarded as a remote, almost mythical island on the very edge of the known world – Britain. The expeditions of Julius Caesar and the invasion of ad 43 brought fundamental and lasting changes to the island. Not least among these was a pantheon of new Classical deities and religious systems, along with a clutch of exotic eastern cults including Christianity. But what of Britannia and her own home-grown deities? What cults and cos

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À propos de l?auteur

Miranda Aldhouse-Green is Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University. She has published widely on the Celts, including for Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend, Exploring the World of the Druids, and The Celtic Myths.

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Two thousand years ago, the Romans sought to absorb into their empire what they regarded as a remote, almost mythical island on the very edge of the known world – Britain. The expeditions of Julius Caesar and the invasion of ad 43 brought fundamental and lasting changes to the island. Not least among these was a pantheon of new Classical deities and religious systems, along with a clutch of exotic eastern cults including Christianity. But what of Britannia and her own home-grown deities? What cults and cos

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9780500297261: Sacred Britannia The Gods and Rituals of Roman Britain (paperback) /anglais

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0500297266 ISBN 13 :  9780500297261
Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2023
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