The Cult of Jupiter and
Roman Imperial Ideology
by J. RUFUS FEARS, Bloomington, Indiana
Contents
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| I. Introduction |
7 |
| II. The Origins of the Roman Jupiter |
9 |
1. Tarquinius Priscus and the Cult of Jupiter
Optimus Maximus |
9 |
2. Fatherhood and Charisma: The Origins of
the Capitoline Image of Jupiter |
17 |
| III. The Evolving Image of Jupiter in the Later Roman Republic
|
34 |
1. Jupiter Victor and the Theology of Victory
at Rome |
34 |
2. Jupiter and Imperium in the Later
Republic |
43 |
3. Jupiter and the Roman Revolution |
47 |
| IV. Jupiter and the Ideology of Monarchy |
56 |
1. Jupiter in Augustan Religious Policy |
56 |
2. The Evolution of a Jovian Theology of
Imperial Power |
66 |
a) The Julio-Claudian Background |
66 |
b) The Role of Domitían |
74 |
