Sanctuary and society in central-southern Italy (3rd to 1st centuries BC) : a study into cult places and cultural change after the Roman conquest of Italy

Thesis

Title pages

Preface

Contents

Map of Italy

Introduction

Chapter 1: Rome and Italy : ideas on cultural change

Chapter 2: 'Religious Romanisation' and the fate of Italic rural sanctuaries

Chapter 3: Samnium : the sacred construction of community and architectural forms

Chapter 4: Location and function of Italic sanctuaries in society : three models

Chapter 5: Landscapes of the sacred : contextualising the Samnite sanctuary of S. Giovanni in Galdo (CB)

Chapter 6: Roman sacred landscapes? The pagus-vicus system revised

Chapter 7: Pagi, vici and sanctuaries : the evidence and four case studies

Chapter 8: Roman ritual in the Italian countryside? The Paganalia and the lustratio pagi

Chapter 9: Roman ritual in the Italian countryside? The Compitalia and the shrines of the Lares Compitales

Chapter 10: Summary and conclusions

List of figures

Bibliography

Dutch summary – Nederlandse samenvatting

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