Dea Roma and the Roman virtues : a comparative study in the policy and practice of Deified abstractions

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dc.contributor.advisorWardle, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSharp, James Edwarden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-15T10:31:53Z
dc.date.available2015-09-15T10:31:53Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this thesis is to provide an in-depth study of the goddess Roma and the development and spread of her cult across the eastern and western halves of the Roman Empire from the second century BC to the reign of Augustus. In the east the institution of her cult was the result of expanding Roman influence in the region, and served as a means for people to conceptualise the presence of Roman power. In contrast to this, her worship in the west, as part of the imperial cult, was mandated by the emperor Augustus. In order to better understand the place of Roma in the context of the western empire, I argue that it is best to view her as a deified abstraction. The deified abstractions were a group of divinities in Rome that embodied a specific ideal or concept (the goddess Concordia embodying concord, Pax embodying peace etc.). In order to view the goddess in this manner, I examine what it meant for Roma to embody "Rome", and what this would have meant to the people who worshipped her. This examination also takes into account the views of scholars such as Mellor, who view Roma as little more than a political tool and a by-product of Greek sycophancy, as well as those scholars who view the deified abstractions in Rome as a carry-over of archaic Roman religion that held little importance to the people of Rome. Such opinions, I argue, are both erroneous and untenable.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSharp, J. E. (2013). <i>Dea Roma and the Roman virtues : a comparative study in the policy and practice of Deified abstractions</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Languages and Literatures. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14011en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSharp, James Edward. <i>"Dea Roma and the Roman virtues : a comparative study in the policy and practice of Deified abstractions."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Languages and Literatures, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14011en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSharp, J. 2013. Dea Roma and the Roman virtues : a comparative study in the policy and practice of Deified abstractions. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Sharp, James Edward AB - The purpose of this thesis is to provide an in-depth study of the goddess Roma and the development and spread of her cult across the eastern and western halves of the Roman Empire from the second century BC to the reign of Augustus. In the east the institution of her cult was the result of expanding Roman influence in the region, and served as a means for people to conceptualise the presence of Roman power. In contrast to this, her worship in the west, as part of the imperial cult, was mandated by the emperor Augustus. In order to better understand the place of Roma in the context of the western empire, I argue that it is best to view her as a deified abstraction. The deified abstractions were a group of divinities in Rome that embodied a specific ideal or concept (the goddess Concordia embodying concord, Pax embodying peace etc.). In order to view the goddess in this manner, I examine what it meant for Roma to embody "Rome", and what this would have meant to the people who worshipped her. This examination also takes into account the views of scholars such as Mellor, who view Roma as little more than a political tool and a by-product of Greek sycophancy, as well as those scholars who view the deified abstractions in Rome as a carry-over of archaic Roman religion that held little importance to the people of Rome. Such opinions, I argue, are both erroneous and untenable. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Dea Roma and the Roman virtues : a comparative study in the policy and practice of Deified abstractions TI - Dea Roma and the Roman virtues : a comparative study in the policy and practice of Deified abstractions UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14011 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14011
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSharp JE. Dea Roma and the Roman virtues : a comparative study in the policy and practice of Deified abstractions. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Languages and Literatures, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14011en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Languages and Literaturesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClassical Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleDea Roma and the Roman virtues : a comparative study in the policy and practice of Deified abstractionsen_ZA
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