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Rüpke, Jörg.

The Roman calendar from Numa to Constantine : time, history, and the fasti / Jörg Rüpke ; English translation by David M.B. Richardson. - Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - 1 online resource (vi, 226 pages)

"Originally published in German under the title Kalender und Öffentlichkeit : die Geschichte der Repräsentation und religiösen Qualifikation von Zeit in Rom ... Walter de Gruyter ... 1995."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Time's social dimension -- Observations on the Roman fasti -- Towards an early history of the Roman calendar -- The introduction of the Republican calendar -- The written calendar -- The Acilian law and the problem of pontifical intercalation -- Reinterpretation of the fasti in the temple of the Muses -- From Republic to Empire -- The disappearance of marble calendars -- Calendar monopoly and competition between calendars -- The calendar in the public realm.

9781444396539 1444396536 9781444396522 1444396528

10.1002/9781444396539 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com

015729187 Uk


Calendar, Roman.
Chronology, Roman.
Festivals--History.--Rome
SCIENCE--Time.
Calendar, Roman.
Chronology, Roman.
Festivals.
Manners and customs.
Religion.


Rome--Religion.
Rome--Social life and customs.
Rome (Empire)


Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.

CE46 / .R86 2011eb

529/.322


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