Preliminary material -- SYRIA -- ARABIA -- SYRIA PALAESTINA -- CILICIA -- ACHAIA -- DACIA -- PANNONIA INFERIOR -- PANNONIA SUPERIOR -- RAETIA -- GERMANIA SUPERIOR -- BRITANNIA -- GALLIA NARBONENSIS -- ITALIA -- NUMIDIA -- AEGYPTUS -- MUSEES ET COLLECTIONS.

Preliminary material -- TEXTES LITTÉRAIRES -- MONUMENTS NON HÉLIOPOLITAINS -- ICONOGRAPHIE ET CULTE DE LA TRIADE HÉLIOPOLITAINE -- LA DIFFUSION DU CULTE HÉLIOPOLITAIN DANS L'EMPIRE ROMAIN -- INDICES -- TABLE DE CONCORDANCE AVEC LES PRINCIPALES PUBLICATIONS -- TABLE DES PLANCHES ET DES CARTES -- PLANCHES I-CXXVIII 3 CARTES.

This book contributes to the small but growing literature on the interaction between religion and power in antiquity. Edwards focusses on the eastern "Greek" provinces in the first and second centuries A.D.--the period during which Christianity, Judaism, and numerous other religions and cults exploded across the Roman Empire. His purpose is to show how the local elite classes appropriated and manipulated mythic and religious images and practices to establish and consolidate their social, political, and economic power. Edwards considers both archaeological and literary evidence. He examines coins, epigraphs, statuary, building complexes, mosaics, and paintings from across Asia Minor and Syria-Palestine looking for evidence of sponsorship by local elites and the meaning of such sponsorship. On the literary side, Edwards selects one representative figure from each of the three major religio-cultural traditions: the Greek writer, Chariton of Aphrodisias; the Jewish historian, Josephus; and the Christian evangelist, the author of Luke Acts. He illustrates how each writer's use of religion reflects the interaction of local elite groups with the "web of power" that existed in political, cultural, and social spheres of the Roman Empire.

Ancient Angels brings together inscriptional, literary, and archaeological evidence for angels (angeloi) in Roman-era religions. The book examines Roman conceptions of angels, angel veneration, and how Christian authorities responded to this potentially heterodox aspect of Roman religion.