Description: Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Historical Overview 1.1 Ancient Italy 1.2 Regal Rome 1.3 The Early Republic 1.4 The Middle Republic 1.5 The Late Republic 1.6 The Augustan Period 1.7 The Early Roman Empire 1.8 The Late Empire and Afterward Chapter 2. Fertility 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Agricultural Fertility 2.3 Human Fertility 2.4 Ceres and Fertility in Roman Imperial Political Symbolism 2.5 Conclusion Chapter 3. Liminality 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Rites of Passage 3.3 Rites of Intensification 3.4 Ceres and the Death of Tiberius Gracchus 3.5 Conclusion Chapter 4. The Plebs 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The Temple of Ceres, Liber, and Libera 4.3 Plebeian Magistrates and Ceres 4.4 Ceres and Plebeian Social Consciousness 4.5 Ceres, the Plebs, and Political Propaganda 4.6 Conclusion Chapter 5. Women 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The Cult of Ceres and Proserpina 5.3 Female Virtues 5.4 Ceres and Women of the Imperial Family 5.5 Conclusion Chapter 6. Ceres in the Ara Pacis Augustue 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The Central Figure of the Ara Pacis Relief 6.3 The Side Figures of the Ara Pacis Relief 6.4 The Ceres Panel and the Relief Program of the Ara Pacis 6.5 Ceres and the Political Message of the Ara Pacis 6.6 Conclusion Appendix 1. Original Text of Translated Passages Appendix 2. Women of the Imperial Family Identified with Ceres Notes References General Index Index of Passages Cited

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