The twenty-one studies assembled in this volume focus on the apparatus and practitioners of religions in the western Roman empire; the enclaves; temples; altars and monuments that served the cults of a wide range of divinities through the medium of priests and worshippers. Discussion focuses on the analysis or reconstruction of the centres at which devotees gathered and draws on the full range of available evidence. While literary authorities remain of primary concern; these are for the most part overshadowed by other categories of evidence; in particular archaeology; epigraphy; numismatics and iconography; sources in some cases confirmed by the latest geophysical techniques - electrical resistivity tomography or ground-probing radar. The material is conveniently presented by geographical area; using modern rather than Latin terminology: Rome; Italy; Britain; Gaul; Spain; Hungary; along with a broader section that covers the empire in general. The titles of the various articles speak for themselves but readers may find the preface of interest in so far as it sets out my ideas on the use of ancient evidence and the pitfalls of some of the approaches favoured by modern scholars. Together with the wide range of individual papers the preface makes the book of interest to all students of the Roman empire as well as those specifically concerned with the history of religions.
#950021 in Books Sean M Kelley 2016-05-02Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.59 x 1.00 x 6.36l; .0 #File Name: 146962768X304 pagesThe Voyage of the Slave Ship Hare A Journey Into Captivity from Sierra Leone to South Carolina
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The book is daring because Kelley really is piecing together ...By Jane AustenThe book is daring because Kelley really is piecing together a story without too much primary source material. It is thought provoking even if he doesn't completely convince me of his argument.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Very informative. I didn't realize how many; if ...By Greg A. TuckerVery informative. I didn't realize how many; if any trips; a sloop could make across numerous seas.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Bit of triangular trade historyBy GderfThis narrow scope history of the triangular trade covers practice and conventions of the African slave trade; rather than the more usual considerations of politics and ethics. It's written entirely from the trader's point of view. Except for the popular myth that they expected to be eaten; there's little from the captives being transported.It's not an easy reading continuous narrative of the voyage; diverting to the Navigation Acts; Stono Rebellion; King George's War; GW and the 'Half King' and various episodes throughout the period from the treaty ending the War of the Spanish Succession to the prelude to Civil War. The text and appendices make it difficult to distinguish between voyage of 1754-5 and the one a year later. Perhaps it doesn't matter as the book seems to be designed to blend them into a single episode.There's navigation of Captain Godfrey starting in Newport along with some background history. The attempt to describe the trade in the Sierra Leone/Guinea area of Africa leaves more questions than answers. Slavery was apparently promoted by wars resulting from the Futa Jalon Jihad. The captives being non-Muslims.Some of the reporting comes from Captain John Newton of 'Amazing Grace' fame with interesting background on his career. Upon arriving at Barbados Godfrey was disappointed to receive instructions from the Hare owners; the Vernon brothers; to proceed to South Carolina; rather than to Jamaica.The book is more complete on the commercial dealings on this side of the Atlantic; featuring New England firms and shipping as well as slavery in Rhode Island and South Carolina; which featured labor intensive rice plantations; well before the cotton era. There's the involvement of factors; Gabriel Marigault and Henry Laurens; who had a career as an ambassador and president of the Continental Congress. The book ends with the distribution of slaves along with some speculation on their future and tasks performed.
