Stealing from the Gods

Stealing from the Gods investigates how authors writing between the first century BCE and second century CE addressed the issue of temple robbery or sacrilegium. As a self-proclaimed empire of pious people, the Romans viewed temple robbery as deeply un-Roman and among the worst of offenses. On the o...

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Main Author:	Köster, Isabel K. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	University of Michigan Press 2026
Subjects:	Roman religion, Roman plundering, Roman invective, Roman insults, Roman impiety, Roman conquest, Roman warfare, Roman imperial administration, Roman decadence, Roman greed, evocatio, sacrilegesacrilegium, Cicero, Livy, Caesar, Appian, Pausanias, Gaius Verres, Lucius Mummius, Marcus Claudius Marcellus thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDA European history: the Romans thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DB Ancient, classical and medieval texts thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology
Online Access:	Open access – download the full text (archived at NCDS Library)
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