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To what extent, and in what ways, was Roman religion encoded within and understood through the human body and its engagement with objects in the performance of religious rituals? How did `thinking through the body' enable ancient participants in cult activities to understand religious behaviour? Was the body merely a metaphor or did different types of bodies, objects, cults, locations or circumstances produce discretely localised or individualised forms of religion? This book addresses comprehen...Vis mer