Book contents
- Roman Port Societies
- British School at Rome Studies
- Roman Port Societies
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Context of Roman Mediterranean Port Societies
- 2 Inscriptions and Port Societies
- 3 Stationes and Associations of Merchants at Puteoli and Delos
- 4 Boatmen and their Corpora in the Great Ports of the Roman West (Second to Third Centuries AD)
- 5 Roman Port Societies and Their Collegia
- 6 Port Occupations and Social Hierarchies
- 7 Warehouse Societies
- 8 The Imperial Cult and the Sacred Bonds of Roman Overseas Commerce
- 9 Law and Life in Roman Harbours
- 10 Living Like a Cosmopolitan?
- 11 Ports, Trade and Supply Routes in Western Europe
- 12 The Port Society of Narona
- 13 Municipal Authority, Central Authority and Euergetists at Work at the Port
- 14 The Structure of Mercantile Communities in the Roman World
- 15 Polysemy, Epigraphic Habit and Social Legibility of Maritime Shippers
- 16 Reading Roman Port Societies
- Indexes
- References
8 - The Imperial Cult and the Sacred Bonds of RomanOverseas Commerce
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 October 2020
Book contents
- Roman Port Societies
- British School at Rome Studies
- Roman Port Societies
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Context of Roman Mediterranean Port Societies
- 2 Inscriptions and Port Societies
- 3 Stationes and Associations of Merchants at Puteoli and Delos
- 4 Boatmen and their Corpora in the Great Ports of the Roman West (Second to Third Centuries AD)
- 5 Roman Port Societies and Their Collegia
- 6 Port Occupations and Social Hierarchies
- 7 Warehouse Societies
- 8 The Imperial Cult and the Sacred Bonds of Roman Overseas Commerce
- 9 Law and Life in Roman Harbours
- 10 Living Like a Cosmopolitan?
- 11 Ports, Trade and Supply Routes in Western Europe
- 12 The Port Society of Narona
- 13 Municipal Authority, Central Authority and Euergetists at Work at the Port
- 14 The Structure of Mercantile Communities in the Roman World
- 15 Polysemy, Epigraphic Habit and Social Legibility of Maritime Shippers
- 16 Reading Roman Port Societies
- Indexes
- References
Summary
The emergence of the Imperial cult and its role inprovincial diplomacy have been much studied by Romanscholarship. In general, the balance is tipped infavour of studies of public practice, althoughprivate practice has certainly also been on thescholarly agenda. However, the role of emperorworship in overseas commerce has received preciouslittle attention. The evidence is admittedly thin (Ilay no claim to being comprehensive in my treatmenthere). Moreover, absent above all are documentarydata, the type of source material that would havebeen most useful and that scholars of more recenttime periods have access to, for instance in theform of private business letters. Nonetheless, whathas survived is in my view intriguing and worthdiscussing jointly, an endeavour that to myknowledge has never been attempted.
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