Religiöse Vereine in der römischen Antike

Zusatztext

Against a wide chronological and geographical backdrop, extending from the Roman republic to late antiquity and from Romania to Africa via Asia Minor and Italy, the authors of this volume study the religious associations in Roman antiquity and their relationship to Christian communities. They deal with the specific quality of religious associations (collegia), their supporters, members and organizational structures as well as the amount of time invested by their members. They also examine various strategies used to give the association its identity and the competition among the associations on the 'religious market.' In the second part of the book, they focus on the lay-out of the rooms in the associations' buildings (scholae), analyzing the function of the room and the way it was experienced as well as the decorative elements with which the internal hierarchy could be visualized and a sense of community created.

Autorenportrait

Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1967; 1998 Promotion (Universität Tübingen); 2005 Habilitation (Universität Gießen); Professorin für Klassische Philologie (Latinistik) an der Universität Göttingen. Alfred Schäfer (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1963; 1986-94 Studium der Klassischen Archäologie und Geschichte an der Universität zu Köln; 1994 Promotion; 1994-95 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Universität zu Köln; 1996-2002 Wissenschaftlicher Assistent; seit 2002 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Winckelmann-Institut der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

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