Mary Beard,John North,Simon Price
This book, the 2nd of two volumes making up Religions of Rome, presents a range of documents illustrating religious life in the Roman world from the early Republic to the late Empire (visual evidence & texts in translation). More than just a sourcebook, it explores some of the major themes & problems of Roman religion such as sacrifice, the religious calendar, divination & prediction. Each document has an introduction, explanatory notes & bibliography, & is used as the starting point for discussion.,Acknowledgements ,Preface ,Conventions & abbreviations ,1 Earliest Rome ,2 The deities of Rome ,3 The calendar ,4 Religious places ,5 Festivals & ceremonies ,6 Sacrifices ,7 Divination & diviners ,8 Priests & priestesses ,9 Individuals & gods: life and death ,10 Rome outside Rome ,11 Threats to the Roman order ,12 Religious groups ,13 Perspectives ,Glossary ,Deities & their epithets ,Bibliography 1. Literary texts 2. Secondary literature ,Details of illustrations ,Index of texts cited ,General index
History,Religion,History,Ancient History,Nonfiction,Classics,Academic,School,Reference
Religions of Rome: A Sourcebook