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THE CORNELII AND JUPITER: A CASE STUDY IN THE MANIPULATION OF TRADITIONAL RELIGION BY AN ARISTOCRATIC ROMAN KINSHIP GROUP

Farney, Gary D.

Greece and Rome, 2023-04, Vol.70 (1), p.50-70 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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THE CORNELII AND JUPITER: A CASE STUDY IN THE MANIPULATION OF TRADITIONAL RELIGION BY AN ARISTOCRATIC ROMAN KINSHIP GROUP
Autor: Farney, Gary D.
Assuntos: Advertisements ; Ancient civilizations ; Case studies ; Deities ; Evidence ; Genealogy ; Interpersonal relations ; Numismatics ; Religion ; Roman civilization
É parte de: Greece and Rome, 2023-04, Vol.70 (1), p.50-70
Descrição: The Cornelii were one of the oldest and most prestigious Roman gentes, extended family kinship groups, in Republican Rome. Various members and branches advertise some kind of connection to Jupiter, Jupiter Optimus Maximus in particular, notably Scipio Africanus, but he was certainly not the only Cornelius to do so. Numismatic evidence has long suggested some kind of claimed relationship between the Cornelii and Jupiter. The Cornelian connection to the religious office of flamen Dialis (high priest of Jupiter) is more proof that their claims to be associated with Jupiter were accepted by Roman society. Some later branches of the Cornelii, notably the Sullae, began to prefer Venus instead, but a connection with Jupiter was still explicable via the genealogy of the Trojan royal house.
Editor: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
Idioma: Inglês

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