Economy of the Sacred in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor [Hardcover]

This original study challenges the idea that sanctuaries in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor were fully institutionalized within thepoleisthat hosted them. Examining the forms of interaction between rulers, cities, and sanctuaries, the book proposes a triangular relationship in which the rulers often acted as mediators between differing interests of city and cult.

Introduction: Sanctuaries and Cities
1. Assessing Sacred Wealth: Finances, Land, Administration
2. The Cults under Hellenistic Rule
3. The Cults under Roman Rule
4. Sanctuaries in Asia Minor between Continuity and Change

Beate Dignas is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.