Roman religion : a sourcebook /
Warrior, Valerie M.
Roman religion : a sourcebook / Valerie M. Warrior. - Newburyport, MA : Focus Pub./R. Pullins Co., c2002. - viii, 215 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - The Focus classical sources .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-209) and indexes.
Stories of early Roman religion and the importance of divination -- The religion of the family -- Ritual (sacra) : prayer and sacrifice -- Priests and religious authority -- Religious celebrations and the calendar -- War and religion -- Accepting new gods, cults and rituals -- Control of non-Roman cults -- Games (ludi), religion and politics -- Becoming a god -- Magic, the occult and astrology -- Skepticism of traditional religion : Epicureanism and Stoicism -- The Jews in the Roman world -- Christianity -- Gods -- Glossary -- Chronology -- Maps -- Ancient sources.
1585100307 (pbk.) 9781585100309 (pbk.)
2011380792
Godsdienst.
Romeinse oudheid.
Rome--Religion.
BL803. / W373 2002
292.07
Roman religion : a sourcebook / Valerie M. Warrior. - Newburyport, MA : Focus Pub./R. Pullins Co., c2002. - viii, 215 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - The Focus classical sources .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-209) and indexes.
Stories of early Roman religion and the importance of divination -- The religion of the family -- Ritual (sacra) : prayer and sacrifice -- Priests and religious authority -- Religious celebrations and the calendar -- War and religion -- Accepting new gods, cults and rituals -- Control of non-Roman cults -- Games (ludi), religion and politics -- Becoming a god -- Magic, the occult and astrology -- Skepticism of traditional religion : Epicureanism and Stoicism -- The Jews in the Roman world -- Christianity -- Gods -- Glossary -- Chronology -- Maps -- Ancient sources.
1585100307 (pbk.) 9781585100309 (pbk.)
2011380792
Godsdienst.
Romeinse oudheid.
Rome--Religion.
BL803. / W373 2002
292.07