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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine the relevance of the notion of polis-religion for Late Antiquity, and more specifically for the post-Constantinian era. Two aspects will be analyzed : firstly, the possible reorganization of civic religion in an empire where all inhabitants were now Roman citizens, and the importance of the Greco-Roman dimension of the empire as the basis of a multiculturalism reflected in the religious dynamics ; secondly, the continuity of civic religion in the late empire, despite a legislative production increasingly favorable to certain Christian groups to the detriment of traditional cults.

Speaker(s)

Francesco Massa