Table of Contents
Abbreviations vii
List of Figures, Plates, and Tables ix
Acknowledgments xi
1 Introduction: One State, under the Gods 1
I The Middle Republic: Era of Transformations 5
II Periods and Periodicity 11
III Mid-Republican Religion as Stand-Alone Category 16
IV The Road 21
Part I Build
2 Temple Construction: From Vows to Numbers 31
I Why and How Were Temples Built? 34
II The Human Investment in Temples: Scale and Inputs 51
III Testing the Model: Internal and External Comparanda 64
IV Conclusion 76
3 Temples and the Civic Order: From Numbers to Rhythms 79
I Praeda and the Genesis of Infrastructural Power 81
II Public Goods A: Civic Upkeep 92
III Public Goods B: The Regularization of Festival Culture 114
IV Conclusion 126
Part II Socialize
4 Temples, Festivals, and Common Knowledge: From Rhythms to Identities 131
I Performative Festival Culture as Social Technology 141
II Dramatic Festival Culture and the Propagation of Knowledge: Three Studies 150
III Conclusion 175
5 Pilgrimage to Mid-Republican Rome: From Dedications to Social Networks 178
I Pilgrimage in Mid-Republican Italy: Prolegomena 182
II Anatomical Votives and Italy's Pilgrimage Networks 189
III Pottery and Pilgrims: The Religious Life of Souvenirs 202
IV Mid-Republican Pilgrimage as Network Activity 214
V Conclusion 227
6 Conclusion: Religion and the Enduring State 230
I Prodigy Expiation and State Coordination 231
II Rhythm and Quantity: The Magnitude of the Consensus 239
III Envoi 245
Appendix: The Pocola Deorum: An Annotated Catalog 247
References 257
Index 311
