摘要：Aristocratic elites dominated political life in the Roman Republic. However, contrary to traditional scholarly analysis, religious power was diffused throughout Roman society; many actors, some non-elite, utilized religion to articulate and promote their own interests. This paper uses the sociological concept of heterarchy to provide the study of Roman religio-politics with a helpful organizing principle. Heterarchy postulates that a social system can be ordered in a number of different ways. When applied to Roman religio-political life, heterarchy reveals several actors, not only aristocratic elites, competing amongst each other for power and prestige.
关键词：heterarchy; Roman religio-politics; hierarchy; Roman Republic
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