TY  - BOOK
AU  - Robinson,Rebecca
TI  - Imperial cults: religion and politics in the early Han and Roman empires 
SN  - 9780197666043
AV  - DS748.16.H36 R63 2023
U1  - 931/.04 23/eng/20230307
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Han Wudi,
KW  - Augustus,
KW  - Religion and politics
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Rome
KW  - Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 221 B.C.-220 A.D
KW  - ROME
KW  - Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D
KW  - 30 B.C.-284 A.D
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-185) and index; List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Transitions to empire in early China and Rome -- Chapter Three: State cult in early China and Rome -- Chapter Four: Reshaping religious institutions -- Chapter Five: Expanding influence -- Chapter Six: Communicating imperial authority -- Chapter Seven: Redefining ceremony -- Chapter Eight: Conclusion -- Bibliography
N2  - Imperial Cults is a comparative study of the transformation of imperial religion and imperial authority in the early Han and Roman empires. During the reigns of the Emperor Wu of Han and Octavian Augustus of Rome, the rulers undertook substantial reforms to their respective systems of cult, at a time when they were re-shaping the idea of imperial authority and consolidating their own power. The changes made to religious institutions during their reigns show how these reforms were a fundamental part of the imperial consolidation
ER  -