The Roman Calendar from Numa to Constantine by Rüpke, Jörg

The Roman Calendar from Numa to Constantine (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780470655085)

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The Roman Calendar from Numa to Constantine by Rüpke, Jörg

The Roman Calendar from Numa to Constantine

$191.95
The Roman Calendar from Numa to Constantine by Rüpke, Jörg

The Roman Calendar from Numa to Constantine

$191.95
Format: Hardcover
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This book provides a definitive account of the history of the Roman calendar, offering new reconstructions of its development that demand serious revisions to previous accounts.
  • Examines the critical stages of the technical, political, and religious history of the Roman calendar
  • Provides a comprehensive historical and social contextualization of ancient calendars and chronicles
  • Highlights the unique characteristics which are still visible in the most dominant modern global calendar


Author: Jörg Rüpke
ISBN-10: 0470655089
ISBN-13: 9780470655085
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 08/02/2011
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.90w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 10/01/2011 pg. 24
By Jörg Rüpke
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About the Author

Jörg Rüpke is Fellow in Religious Studies at the Max Weber Centre of the University of Erfurt. His publications include Fasti sacerdotum: A Prosopography of Pagan, Jewish, and Christian Religious Officials in the City of Rome, 300 BC to AD 499 (trans. David Richardson, 2008), Religion of the Romans (2007), A Companion to Roman Religion (2007), and Religion and Law in Classical and Christian Rome (co-edited with C. Ando, 2006).

About the Translator

David M. B. Richardson has previously translated Fasti sacerdotum: A Prosopography of Pagan, Jewish, and Christian Religious Officials in the City of Rome, 300 BC to AD 499 (Jörg Rüpke, 2008), and contributed to the English translation of Brill's New Pauly Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World (2002 onwards).

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