"The Dioscuri first appeared at the Battle of Lake Regillus in 496 BC to save the new Republic. Receiving a temple in the Forum in gratitude, the gods continued to play an important role in Roman life for centuries and took on new responsibilities as the needs of the society evo…
While most work on Dionysus is based on Greek sources, this collection of essays examines the god's Roman and Italian manifestations.Nine contributions address Bacchus' appearance at the crossroads of Greek and Roman cultures, tracing continuities and differences between literar…
"Introduction:Patterns and Paradigms in the Ancient Mediterranean Harriet I. Flower Who are you? The question had been at the center of the crisis in African Christianity, as bishops and priests, deacons and lay persons, landowners and tenants, fishermen and moneychangers, craft…
