Steinhauer, Julietta;
(2025)
Religion and Warfare in the Greek and Roman World.
In: Veggiano, Gregory, (ed.)
A Cultural History of War in Antiquity.
Bloomsbury Academic: London, UK.
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Abstract
This chapter discusses religion and warfare in the Greek and Roman world. It looks in a first section at the relationship between mythology and war, focusing on myths, individual deities and their war-related functions. The second section is dedicated to the practicalities of religion and rituals before, during, and after wars. A third section is devoted to exploring the religion of the individual using the example of military leaders.
| Type: | Book chapter |
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| Title: | Religion and Warfare in the Greek and Roman World |
| ISBN-13: | 9781350052567 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-history-of-... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of History |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10191976 |
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