For Salvation's Sake: Provincial Loyalty, Personal Religion, and Epigraphic Production in the Roman and Late Antique Near East

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Taylor & Francis, 2003 M12 1 - 176 páginas
Based on a thorough study of nearly 400 Greek and Latin inscriptions from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel, this book shows how the formula 'for salvation's sake' (hyper sôtêrias/pro salute) was fundamental to the political, social and religious lives of hundreds of civic and military elites in the Near East. With the arrival of Christianity and Islam, the formula lost its political importance, but persisted in its social and religious applications in Late Antiquity.
Presenting a new body of evidence, Jason Moralee provides a fresh look at how Romans used the inscriptions to secure the loyalty of their subjects for centuries. This analysis of material culture through several periods redefines notions of political loyalty in the Middle East from antiquity through the Middle Ages, raising new questions about life in the Roman provinces.

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Jason Moralee received his Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2002. Currently, he is the Mortimer Chambers postdoctoral Lecturer in Ancient History at UCLA.

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