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The last few years have brought us handbooks, companion guides and encyclopaedias in serried ranks. In size these works have ranged from magnum (opus) through to double magnum or perhaps (in the case of the 2010 Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome) to jeroboam. The new Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Ancient History outdoes them all in capacity (clearly a rehoboam) and range. This vast work – comprising over 5,000 entries in more than 7,000 pages – advances confidently (note the bold use of the definite article in the title: TheEncyclopedia of Ancient History) beyond the confines of the ‘classical world’ and ‘ancient Greece and Rome’ to provide nothing less than a reference work for the whole of Ancient History from the Near East to the Egypt of the Pharaohs, from the Neolithic to the eighth century ce. The refusal of this work to recognize traditional boundaries would clearly have appealed to the spirit of Alexander III, the Great (whose entry spans an impressive six pages). Alexander would no doubt also be impressed by the remarkable juxtapositions which occur within this alphabetized encyclopaedia: in volume 11 we move within five pages from an Egyptian residence and town associated with Rameses II (Piramese) to the Greek district of Elis around Olympia (Pisa) to a ‘short Jewish magical text of a Late Antique Babylonian provenance’ (Pishra de-Rabbi Hanina ben Dosa; 5337). Alexander's attempts at eastward expansion proved, in the end, too much for his men. One wonders if this work too – in the form of thirteen printed volumes – may prove to be similarly overwhelming to many an undergraduate whose starting point lies in Augustan Rome or Periclean Athens:(consider, for example the daunting thirty-five pages of maps which precede the first entry in volume 1 (not ‘Aardvark’, alas, but ‘Abantes’). However, it is important to consider that the print version of this work is not the end of the project nor even the main point of the project at all. The Encyclopedia of Ancient History is a true child of the World Wide Web. It has clearly been conceptualized as an online resource (not simply as a printed text that can be viewed on a computer screen) that will continue to expand and evolve: The electronic form of the EAH will continue to add new articles, indeed new areas of the ancient world; to revise existing ones; and to create spaces for correction and discussion of published articles – even, in line with our conviction of the open-endedness of history, counter-articles… . It will try to represent something of the unsettledness of our disciplines and their vitality. It will continue to evolve as historical studies do. (cxxxvi)
The last few years have brought us handbooks, companion guides and encyclopaedias in serried ranks. In size these works have ranged from magnum (opus) through to double magnum or perhaps (in the case of the 2010 Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome) to jeroboam. The new Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Ancient History outdoes them all in capacity (clearly a rehoboam) and range. This vast work – comprising over 5,000 entries in more than 7,000 pages – advances confidently (note the bold use of the definite article in the title: TheEncyclopedia of Ancient History) beyond the confines of the ‘classical world’ and ‘ancient Greece and Rome’ to provide nothing less than a reference work for the whole of Ancient History from the Near East to the Egypt of the Pharaohs, from the Neolithic to the eighth century ce. The refusal of this work to recognize traditional boundaries would clearly have appealed to the spirit of Alexander III, the Great (whose entry spans an impressive six pages). Alexander would no doubt also be impressed by the remarkable juxtapositions which occur within this alphabetized encyclopaedia: in volume 11 we move within five pages from an Egyptian residence and town associated with Rameses II (Piramese) to the Greek district of Elis around Olympia (Pisa) to a ‘short Jewish magical text of a Late Antique Babylonian provenance’ (Pishra de-Rabbi Hanina ben Dosa; 5337). Alexander's attempts at eastward expansion proved, in the end, too much for his men. One wonders if this work too – in the form of thirteen printed volumes – may prove to be similarly overwhelming to many an undergraduate whose starting point lies in Augustan Rome or Periclean Athens:(consider, for example the daunting thirty-five pages of maps which precede the first entry in volume 1 (not ‘Aardvark’, alas, but ‘Abantes’). However, it is important to consider that the print version of this work is not the end of the project nor even the main point of the project at all. The Encyclopedia of Ancient History is a true child of the World Wide Web. It has clearly been conceptualized as an online resource (not simply as a printed text that can be viewed on a computer screen) that will continue to expand and evolve: The electronic form of the EAH will continue to add new articles, indeed new areas of the ancient world; to revise existing ones; and to create spaces for correction and discussion of published articles – even, in line with our conviction of the open-endedness of history, counter-articles… . It will try to represent something of the unsettledness of our disciplines and their vitality. It will continue to evolve as historical studies do. (cxxxvi)
For the past five years (2012-2017), the Max Weber Center of Erfurt University has hosted a project on 'Lived Ancient Religion: Questioning "cults" and "polis religion"', financed by the European Research Council and embedded in the research group on 'Religious individualisation in historical perspective' (see Fuchs and Rüpke. [2015. "Religious Individualisation in Historical Perspective."
Resumen: El presente artículo estudia las repercusiones políticas y sociales motivadas por la introducción del culto del dios solar sirio El Gabal en la ciudad de Roma, por parte del emperador Heliogábalo (218)(219)(220)(221)(222). La ubicación de la deidad en la cúspide del panteón religioso, así como el resto de innovaciones acometidas en materia religiosa, fueron cuestiones sumamente controvertidas y se apuntan como una de las causas de la sustitución del emperador por su primo, Alejandro Severo. En las siguientes páginas se ofrece una aproximación a la realidad religiosa del momento, así como un análisis de las reacciones de los diversos sectores de la sociedad ante estas medidas, con la intención de aclarar el impacto que pudieran ocasionar entre el pueblo romano.Palabras clave: Religión romana, El Gabal, Heliogábalo, siglo iii, henoteísmo. Abstract:The present paper studies the social and political consequences triggered by the cult of the Syrian sun god El Gabal in the city of Rome, by the Emperor Elagabalus (218-222). The deity's location on the cusp of the religious pantheon, as well as the rest of religious innovations undertaken, were highly controversial issues and are pointed out as one of the causes of the replacement of the emperor by his cousin, Alexander Severus. The following pages offer an approach to the religious reality of that moment, as well as an analysis of the response to these measure of different sectors of the society, with the intention of clarifying the impact that could cause among the Roman people. IntroducciónA la luz de lo que refieren las fuentes textuales sabemos que la aclamación de Heliogábalo fue orquestada por su entorno. Las riquezas de su abuela Julia Mesa, el falso rumor de que el muchacho era hijo ilegítimo de Caracalla 1 y el descontento por parte de determinados sectores con el gobierno de Macrino posibilitaron que el ejército primero y después el Senado aceptasen al nuevo emperador. Pronto quedó claro, en cualquier caso, que estos apoyos e intentos de legitimación no iban a ser suficientes. Los pilares sobre los que se asentó el poder del sirio fueron precarios desde el principio: un joven de apenas catorce años, oriental, proveniente de una familia influyente pero alejada del poder necesitaba apuntalar su autoridad con rapidez y de forma contundente. Las actitudes de Heliogábalo en lo referido a su conducta pública y sexual, su desinterés hacia las tareas de gobierno y sus innovaciones en materia religiosa acabaron por conformar un frente opositor cada vez más amplio.El presente trabajo se centra en el análisis de la inestabilidad política y el impacto social motivados por las controvertidas medidas religiosas llevadas a cabo por Marco Aurelio Antonino Augusto (ca. 202-222) conocido como Heliogábalo, entre las que la promoción de El Gabal -deidad principal de su Emesa natal-hasta lo más alto del panteón fue la más importante y sin duda hubo de ser tremendamente polémica, pero no fue la única. 1 Sobre la aclamación, las fuentes -Ab excessu divi Marci libri octo y l...
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