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Roman Cults: Nemesis and the State

Nemesis, the Roman State and the Games explores two important facets of the goddess Nemesis in the Roman Principate: her association with the Roman state and presence in agonistic or competitive contexts like games and contests. The author first discusses Nemesis' origins and background, then how she was enlisted to serve the Roman emperor and state. Finally, the author explains Nemesis' near-exclusive presence at Roman munus gladiator fights and venationes wild animal hunts as reflecting the role of such events in expressing social order.

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Roman Cults: Nemesis and the State

Nemesis, the Roman State and the Games explores two important facets of the goddess Nemesis in the Roman Principate: her association with the Roman state and presence in agonistic or competitive contexts like games and contests. The author first discusses Nemesis' origins and background, then how she was enlisted to serve the Roman emperor and state. Finally, the author explains Nemesis' near-exclusive presence at Roman munus gladiator fights and venationes wild animal hunts as reflecting the role of such events in expressing social order.

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  • Book Cover and Introduction

Nemesis, the Roman State and the Games

Author: Michael B. Hornum

Although Nemesis was already revered in Archaic Greece, the main


evidence for worship comes from the Roman Principate. During
this period two important facets of the cult were the association of
the goddess with the state, and her presence in agonistic contexts.
Nemesis, the Roman State and the Games explores these aspects,
discerning a possible connection between them.
The author begins by discussing the origin and background of the Pages: xvi, 376 pp. 28 plates
goddess. He then clari es the ways in which the goddess was Language: English
enlisted into the service of the Roman emperor and state. Finally, Subjects: Religion in Antiquity,
he explains the presence of the goddess almost exclusively at the Religious Studies, Religion,
Roman Munus and Venatio as derived from the function of such Classical Studies
games to express the proper order of society.
Publisher: Brill
Nemesis represents a signi cant re-evaluation of the place
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Religions in the Graeco-Roman
Readership
World, Volume: 117
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Specialists and students of Roman and hellenic studies, and Publication Date: 25 Aug 2015
archaeologists.
ISBN: 978-90-04-29580-3
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