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"This book explores the changing socio-economic, political, and cultural significance of animal sacrifice in the Roman imperial period. Although animal sacrifice was only one of a wide range of offerings to the gods, it was distinctive in being more costly than many others and in generating a valuable consumer good, high-quality meat. As a result, it functioned to reinforce social structures that enabled the smooth operation of the Roman empire: the socio-economic hierarchies of Graeco-Roman cit

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Author

J. B. Rives;

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Published

2024

Language

EN

ISBN

9780197648919

Category

history

Subjects

Religion, Science, Rome

Updated

2026-03-24