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Roman baths as locations of religious practice 罗马浴场作为宗教活动的场所

Urban Religion in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2020-12-07 DOI: 10.1515/9783110641813-011

Dirk Steuernagel, Roman baths

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A tale of no cities 一个没有城市的故事

Urban Religion in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2020-12-07 DOI: 10.1515/9783110641813-002

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Faith and the city in the 4th century CE 公元4世纪的信仰和城市

Urban Religion in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2020-12-07 DOI: 10.1515/9783110641813-004

T. Morgan

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Intersecting religion and urbanity in late antiquity 古代晚期宗教与文明的交叉

Urban Religion in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2020-12-07 DOI: 10.1515/9783110641813-001

Asuman Lätzer-Lasar, R. Raja, J. Rüpke, E. Urciuoli

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Frontmatter

Urban Religion in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2020-12-07 DOI: 10.1515/9783110641813-fm

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The city of the dead or: the making of a cultural geography 亡者之城:文化地理的形成

Urban Religion in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2020-12-07 DOI: 10.1515/9783110641813-006

Lara Weiss

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Sacred spaces and new cities in the Byzantine East 拜占庭东部的神圣空间和新城市

Urban Religion in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2020-12-07 DOI: 10.1515/9783110641813-010

Michael Blömer

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A new “topography of devotion” 一种新的“虔诚地形”

Urban Religion in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2020-12-07 DOI: 10.1515/9783110641813-007

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Intellectualizing religion in the cities of the Roman Empire 在罗马帝国的城市中将宗教理智化

Urban Religion in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2020-12-07 DOI: 10.1515/9783110641813-005

Heidi Wendt

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Index 指数

Urban Religion in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2020-12-07 DOI: 10.1515/9783110641813-012

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