Alessandra Esposito

Alessandra Esposito was awarded her PhD in Classics from King’s College London in 2018 with a thesis titled Performing the Sacra. Priestly roles and their organisation in Roman Britain, now published by Archaeopress. She has since published and presented on the archaeology of religion and hoarding practices in the Roman North-West and she is more recently working on digital methods applied to archaeology of religion.

BOOKS BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR

Ritual in the Roman World

ed. Alessandra Esposito

Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 136

This volume examines ritual in the Roman world through small finds, depositional practices and temple sites, showing how diverse, evolving ritual behaviours emerged within a globalised empire. It highlights continuity across pre‑Roman to post‑Roman phases and even modern reuses of ritual spaces. READ MORE

Hardback: £52.00 | eBook: £16.00

Performing the Sacra: Priestly roles and their organisation in Roman Britain

Alessandra Esposito

Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 53

This book addresses a range of cultural responses to the Roman conquest of Britain with regard to priestly roles. The approach is based on current theoretical trends focussing on dynamics of adaptation, multiculturalism and appropriation, and discarding a sharp distinction between local and Roman cults. READ MORE

Paperback: £34.00 | eBook: £16.00

Publishing Scholarly Archaeology since 1997

Publishing Scholarly Archaeology since 1997

Alessandra Esposito

BOOKS BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR

Ritual in the Roman World

Performing the Sacra: Priestly roles and their organisation in Roman Britain