When Lived Ancient Religion and Lived Ancient Medicine Meet: The Household Gods, the Household Shrine and Regimen

This paper argues that there was a strong connection between Roman domestic religious belief and practice and Roman domestic medical practice through the association of the household gods with the household's health and well-being. It examines six examples of household shrines from Pompeii and...

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Main Author: Draycott, Jane (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Mohr Siebeck [2017]
In: Religion in the Roman empire
Year: 2017, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 164-180
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Pompeii / Household / Religious life / Household god / Cure
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BE Greco-Roman religions
KBJ Italy
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B domestic religion
B Pompeii
B Well-being
B HOUSEHOLD SHRINE
B Health
B REGIMEN
B DOMESTIC MEDICINE
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