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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
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Religions of Rome. Volume 2, A sourcebook, Mary Beard, John North
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- 1998
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- Titul
- Religions of Rome. Volume 2, A sourcebook
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- Mary Beard, John North
- Vydavateľ
- Cambridge University Press
- Rok vydania
- 1998
- Väzba
- mäkká
- ISBN10
- 0521456460
- ISBN13
- 9780521456463
- Série
- Rímske náboženstvá
- Štítky
- Náučná literatúra, Historické téma, História, Ezoterika & Náboženstvo, Náboženské témy, Náboženstvo, Škola, Starovek, antika, Pohania, pohanstvo
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- 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