https://hastac.hcommons.org/members/eorlin/activity/ Activity feed for Eric Orlin. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:27:30 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 70ad6d9e8867a4e577b782bcced0e6cd https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1630213/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:27:36 +0000 This paper argues that the Augustan period witnessed a dramatic reconception of Roman religion—a reconception that played a vital role in the emperor’s efforts to create a unified sense of identity that included both Romans and Italians. Instead of a religion of place tied to specific historical developments, both Virgil in the Aeneid and A…[Read more]

]]> 0 e7a6114c0122bb6803e781d05cf781c0 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1629688/ Fri, 18 Jan 2019 05:28:56 +0000 This paper argues that the Augustan period witnessed a dramatic reconception of Roman religion—a reconception that played a vital role in the emperor’s efforts to create a unified sense of identity that included both Romans and Italians. Instead of a religion of place tied to specific historical developments, both Virgil in the Aeneid and A…[Read more]

]]> 0 0e66cdbd764ba29569488b8f17b0781c https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1629680/ Fri, 18 Jan 2019 05:16:36 +0000 Octavian’s decision in 28 B.C.E. to ban Egyptian cults from within the pomerium was not a sign of hostility to foreign cults, especially since the emperor himself arranged for the restoration of those shrines outside the city’s religious boundary. Rather, his action served to reassert the Roman openness to foreign religions while at the same time…[Read more]

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