The Economy of Roman Religion

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Andrew Wilson (Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, University of Oxford) Nick Ray (Research Consultant, Research Consultant, University of Southampton and Ulster University)

The Economy of Roman Religion

Andrew Wilson (Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, University of Oxford), Nick Ray (Research Consultant, Research Consultant, University of Southampton and Ulster University), Angela Trentacoste (Advanced Humboldt Research Fellow and Post-doctoral Researcher, Advanced Humboldt Research Fellow and Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Kiel and University of Oxford)

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Oxford University Press
14 September 2023

European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Social & cultural history; Classical Greek & Roman archaeology

Series: Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy

This interdisciplinary edited volume presents twelve papers by Roman historians and archaeologists, discussing the interconnected relationship between religion and the Roman economy over the period c. 500 BC to AD 350. The connection between Roman religion and the economy has largely been ignored in work on the Roman economy, but this volume explores the many complex ways in which economic and religious thinking and activities were interwoven, from individuals to institutions. The broad geographic and chronological scope of the volume engages with a notable variety of evidence: epigraphic, archaeological, historical, papyrological, and zooarchaeological. In addition to providing case studies that draw from the rich archaeological, documentary, and epigraphic evidence, the volume also explores the different and sometimes divergent pictures offered by these sources (from discrepancies in the cost of religious buildings, to the tensions between piety and ostentatious donation). The edited collection thus bridges economic, social, and religious themes.

The volume provides a view of a society in which religion had a central role in economic activity on an institutional to individual scale. The volume allows an evaluation of impact of that activity from both financial and social viewpoints, providing a new perspective on Roman religion -

a perspective to which a wide range of archaeological and documentary evidence, from animal bone to coins and building costs, has contributed. As a result, this volume not only provides new information on the economy of Roman religion: it also proposes new ways of looking at existing bodies of evidence.

Edited by: Andrew Wilson (Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire University of Oxford), Nick Ray (Research Consultant, Research Consultant, University of Southampton and Ulster University), Angela Trentacoste (Advanced Humboldt Research Fellow and Post-doctoral Researcher, Advanced Humboldt Research Fellow and Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Kiel and University of Oxford)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780192883537
ISBN 10: 0192883534
Series: Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 14 September 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nick Ray was Assistant Director of the Oxford Roman Economy Project from 2014-2018 and is now with the Maritime Endangered Archaeology (MarEA) project. His research focuses on consumption practices in the Roman world, particularly relating to durable commodities, North African funerary archaeology, and post-conflict/contested heritage. He is co-editor of Burials, Migration and Identity in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond (2019), which contains several co-authored articles. He also co-edited De Africa Romaque: Merging cultures across North Africa (2016) and has published on consumer behaviour at Pompeii and fieldwork in Libya and Morocco. Angela Trentacoste is the Gerda Henkel Stiftung Scholar at the University of Oxford. Her research interests include environmental archaeology, bioarchaeology, ancient farming, mobility, and the economic role of religious activity. Recent publications on Roman themes include contributions to Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal (2020), Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2021), and Roman Animals in Ritual and Funerary Contexts (2021). Andrew Wilson, Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, University of Oxford. His research interests include the economy of the Roman empire, ancient technology, ancient water supply and usage, Roman North Africa, and archaeological field survey. Recent publications include: The Economy of Pompeii (ed. with Miko Flohr, Oxford, 2017); Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman world (ed. with Alan Bowman, Oxford, 2018); Recycling and Reuse in the Roman Economy (ed. with Chloë Duckworth, Oxford, 2020), and Coin Hoards and Hoarding in the Roman World (ed. with Jerome Mairat and Chris Howgego, Oxford, 2022).

Reviews for The Economy of Roman Religion

In many ways the economic activity of Roman religious sites was remarkably like that of those of the Christian church. Discounting the advent of doctrinal orthodoxy and greater control from the centre, there appear to be almost no ways of spending or acquiring money in the medieval church which were not known or practiced in the Roman period. As the authors say, this subject will benefit from a great deal of additional attention, and at some point a book of great interest to the general reader will undoubtedly emerge. Given the quality and approachability of their scholarship, these contributors have undoubtedly provided some of the essential building blocks for such a work. * Roger Barnes *