Reviving Roman Religion : Sacred Trees in the Roman World
- Submitting institution
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The University of Birmingham
- Unit of assessment
- 29 - Classics
- Output identifier
- 43006752
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1017/CBO9781316597859
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781107153547
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This monograph results from extensive research (2009-2014) and presents complex arguments which reshape its discipline (Roman religion). No monograph focused on sacred trees has been undertaken within classical studies since 1856, necessitating extensive groundwork to identify relevant sources, spanning eight centuries of textual material (Greek and Latin), plus epigraphical and visual material. These little-discussed sources were then subject to years of rigorous analysis. Particularly noteworthy is analysis of the Arval inscriptions (chapter 4), whose lacunose state and difficult Latin makes interpretation notoriously challenging (no Anglophone translation available). The historiographical arguments (chapter 2) relied heavily on research in rare books collections.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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