The Religion Of Ancient Rome - Couverture souple

Bailey, Cyril

 
9781162967172: The Religion Of Ancient Rome

Synopsis

""The Religion of Ancient Rome"" by Cyril Bailey is a comprehensive study of the religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Romans. The book explores the origins of Roman religion and its development over time, from the early days of the Roman Republic to the height of the Roman Empire. It covers topics such as the gods and goddesses worshipped by the Romans, their temples and religious ceremonies, the role of priests and priestesses, and the influence of religion on daily life and politics. The author draws on a wide range of sources, including ancient texts, archaeological evidence, and modern scholarship, to provide a detailed and nuanced understanding of Roman religion. The book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history and culture of ancient Rome, as well as for scholars of religion and mythology.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION-SOURCES AND SCOPE THE conditions of our knowledge of the natIve religion of early Rome may perhaps be best illus .. trated by a parallel from Roman a.rch~ology. The Vlsltor to the Roloan Forum at the present day,lf he wlshes to reconstruct in imagination the Forum of the early RepublIc, must not merely (think away' many stt&t& of 1.&ter buildIngs, but, we are told~ must pioture to hImself a totally dIfferent onentatioD of the whole: the upper ~etl of remains, w hlOh he sees before him, is for his purpose In most cases not merely useless, but positively mlsleading. In the same WAY, ti' Wft wish to form it picture of the g&nuiJ1.e ltoman religion~ we OatlDOt find it immediAtely in classioal literature, we must banish from our minds all that is due to the oontact wlth the East and Egypt# a.nd even with the other raoes of Italy.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; OHAP PAGE; I INTRODUCTION-SOURCEC3 AND SCOPE 1; II THE' A~TECEDENTS' OF ROMAN REJIGION 4; III MAIN FEATURES OF THE RELIGION OF NUMA 12; JV EARLY HII:;TORY OF ROME-TuE AGRICULTURAL; COMMUNITY; v WORSHIP OF THE HOUSEHOLD; VI W OaSHIP OF THE FIELDS; VII WORSHIP OF THE STATE; VIII AUGURIES AND AUSPICP;S; IX REIJIGION AND MORALITy-CONCLUSION; 31; 36; 68; 75; 96; 103

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Biographie de l'auteur

Cyril Bailey, M.A. (1871 to 1957) M.A. Fellow, Tutor and Librarian at Balliol College, Oxford. Author of the The Religion of Ancient Rome; Some Greek and Roman Ideas of a Future Life (1915); Lucretius (1949)

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