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− | {{ | + | {{LanguageBar|Reading list for the cultus deorum}} [[Category:Roman religion]] [[Category:Religio Romana (Nova Roma)]] |
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− | + | ==Modern Scholarship== | |
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− | + | ===General=== | |
− | === | + | {{Bookinfo |
+ | | title=Dictionary of Roman Religion | ||
+ | | author=Lesley Adkins, Roy A. Adkins | ||
+ | | date=1995 | ||
+ | | publisher= | ||
+ | | ISBN=0195142330 | ||
+ | | comment=Paperback. An excellent resource for general knowledge or just to look up that obscure temple or God. Includes a very good bibliography. | ||
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+ | }} | ||
− | + | {{Bookinfo | |
+ | | title=An Introduction to Roman Religion | ||
+ | | author=John Scheid, Janet Lloyd (Translator) | ||
+ | | date=2003 | ||
+ | | publisher=Indiana University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=0253216605 | ||
+ | | comment=This is an English translation of the book ''La Religion des Romains'' (ISBN 2200263775) . This book is a must for all those who wish to know what the Religio Romana was and how it was practiced. It is written in the form of a manual, a small booklet very easy to read, with lots of notes, quotations and illustrations. | ||
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+ | }} | ||
− | + | {{Bookinfo | |
+ | | title= Religion of the Romans | ||
+ | | author=Jörg Rüpke | ||
+ | | date=2007 | ||
+ | | publisher=Cambridge : Polity | ||
+ | | ISBN=9780745630151 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment=excellent discussion of organizations | ||
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+ | }} | ||
− | + | {{Bookinfo | |
+ | | title=Religions of Rome, (2 Volumes) | ||
+ | | author=Mary Beard, John North & Simon Price | ||
+ | | date=1998 | ||
+ | | publisher= | ||
+ | | ISBN=0521316820 | ||
+ | | comment= Paperback. Volume I (ISBN 0521316820) is a history from early Rome down to the Christian emperors (the last chapter). Volume 2 (ISBN 0521456460) is a sourcebook with lots of pictures, including calendar, religious places, festivals and ceremonies, sacrifices and divination. | ||
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+ | }} | ||
− | === | + | {{Bookinfo |
+ | | title=Religion in Archaic and Republican Rome and Italy: Evidence and Experience | ||
+ | | author=ed. by Edward Bispham and Christopher Smith | ||
+ | | date=2000 | ||
+ | | publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers | ||
+ | | ISBN=1579583253 | ||
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+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Roman Religion (Cambridge Introduction to Roman Civilization) | ||
+ | | author=Valerie Warrior | ||
+ | | date=2006 | ||
+ | | publisher=0521532124 | ||
+ | | ISBN= | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name=A. Sempronius Regulus | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Roman Religion: A Sourcebook | ||
+ | | author=Valerie Warrior | ||
+ | | date=2002 | ||
+ | | publisher=Focus Publishing | ||
+ | | ISBN=1585100307 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name=A. Sempronius Regulus | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=The Gods of Ancient Rome: Religion in Everyday Life from Archaic to Imperial Times | ||
+ | | author=Robert Turcan | ||
+ | | date=2001 | ||
+ | | publisher=Routledge | ||
+ | | ISBN=0415929741 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name=A. Sempronius Regulus | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Roman Religion (New Surveys in the Classics) | ||
+ | | author= J. A. North | ||
+ | | date=0199224331 | ||
+ | | publisher=Oxford University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=0199224331 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name=A. Sempronius Regulus | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=The Matter of the Gods: Religion and the Roman Empire (The Transformation of the Classical Heritage) | ||
+ | | author=Clifford Ando | ||
+ | | date=2009 | ||
+ | | publisher=University of California Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=0520259866 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name=A. Sempronius Regulus | ||
+ | | format=compact (optional)[[User:Aulus Sempronius Regulus|Aulus Sempronius Regulus]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Archaic Roman Religion, Volume One | ||
+ | | author=Georges Dumezil | ||
+ | | date=1996 | ||
+ | | publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=0801854806 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name=A. Sempronius Regulus | ||
+ | | format=compact (optional)[[User:Aulus Sempronius Regulus|Aulus Sempronius Regulus]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Archaic Roman Religion, Volume Two | ||
+ | | author=Georges Dumezil | ||
+ | | date=1996 | ||
+ | | publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=0801854814 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name=A. Sempronius Regulus | ||
+ | | format=compact (optional)[[User:Aulus Sempronius Regulus|Aulus Sempronius Regulus]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | + | ===Specific Topics=== | |
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=The Flamen | ||
+ | | author=J. Vanggaard | ||
+ | | date=1988 | ||
+ | | publisher= | ||
+ | | ISBN=8772890592 | ||
+ | | comment=Gathers together all the known evidence on the Roman flamines. | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | == | + | {{Bookinfo |
+ | | title=Les flamines et leurs dieux | ||
+ | | author=Domenico Fasciano, Pierre Seguin | ||
+ | | date=1993 | ||
+ | | publisher= | ||
+ | | ISBN=2980351504 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat=28673540 | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | === | + | {{Bookinfo |
+ | | title= Il flaminato nelle province romane dell'Africa | ||
+ | | author=Maria Silvia Bassignano | ||
+ | | date=1974 | ||
+ | | publisher= L'erma di Bretschneider | ||
+ | | ISBN= | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat=2014411 | ||
+ | | comment=series Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto di storia antica, Università degli studi di Padova ; v. 11 | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | + | {{Bookinfo | |
+ | | title=Le collège pontifical 3eme s. a. C. - 4eme s. p. C. : contribution à l'étude de la religion publique romaine | ||
+ | | author=Francoise van Haeperen | ||
+ | | date=2002 | ||
+ | | publisher= | ||
+ | | ISBN=9074461492 | ||
+ | | comment=The latest study on the pontifical college. | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | + | {{Bookinfo | |
+ | | title=Rome's Vestal Virgins | ||
+ | | author=Robin Lorsch Wildfang | ||
+ | | date=2006 | ||
+ | | publisher=Routledge | ||
+ | | ISBN=0415397952 | ||
+ | | comment=all latin texts collected | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | + | {{Bookinfo | |
− | + | | title=Le Vestali | |
− | === | + | | author=Maria Cristina Martini |
− | + | | date=2004 | |
− | + | | publisher=Editions Latomus | |
− | + | | ISBN=2870312237 | |
− | + | | comment=the latest work on a long neglected topic | |
− | + | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | |
− | + | }} | |
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| ISBN=3110145146 | | ISBN=3110145146 | ||
| comment=Challenging analysis of the calendar with complete literary sources and fantastic bibliography with indexes. Rüpke postulates NP = ''nefas piaculum'' and EN = ''endoitio exitio nefas''. | | comment=Challenging analysis of the calendar with complete literary sources and fantastic bibliography with indexes. Rüpke postulates NP = ''nefas piaculum'' and EN = ''endoitio exitio nefas''. | ||
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{{Bookinfo | {{Bookinfo | ||
− | | title=La vie religieuse des matrones dans la Rome | + | | title=La vie religieuse des matrones dans la Rome archaïque |
| author=Nicole Boels-Janssen | | author=Nicole Boels-Janssen | ||
| date=1993 | | date=1993 | ||
− | | publisher=Ecole | + | | publisher=Ecole Française de Rome |
| ISBN=2728302820 | | ISBN=2728302820 | ||
| comment=Important discussion of household ritual, discussion of the flaminica. | | comment=Important discussion of household ritual, discussion of the flaminica. | ||
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| author=Celia E. Schultz | | author=Celia E. Schultz | ||
| date=2006 | | date=2006 | ||
− | | publisher= | + | | publisher=The University of North Carolina Press |
− | | ISBN= | + | | ISBN=0807830186 |
| comment=via epigrahpic evidence & votive deposits, this book analyses women's participation in the public religious sphere, domestic rituals, and the role of the flaminate as a married priesthood. | | comment=via epigrahpic evidence & votive deposits, this book analyses women's participation in the public religious sphere, domestic rituals, and the role of the flaminate as a married priesthood. | ||
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}} | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Vestal virgins, sibyls, and matrons : women in Roman religion | ||
+ | | author=Sarolta A. Takacs | ||
+ | | date=2008 | ||
+ | | publisher= University of Texas Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=9780292716940 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Temples, Religion, and Politics in the Roman Republic | ||
+ | | author=Eric M. Orlin | ||
+ | | date=1997 | ||
+ | | publisher= Brill | ||
+ | | ISBN=0391041320 | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Quintus Valerius Poplicola|Q. Valerius Poplicola]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ==Magic and Divination== | ||
{{Bookinfo | {{Bookinfo | ||
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+ | | comment=A Thesis on the extant literary fragments that describe and/or detail augural practice from before the death of Augustus. | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=On divination and synchronicity : the psychology of meaningful chance | ||
+ | | author=Marie-Luise von Franz | ||
+ | | date=1980 | ||
+ | | publisher=Inner City Books | ||
+ | | ISBN=0919123023 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment=very useful Jungian study | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Magic in the Ancient world | ||
+ | | author=Fritz Graf | ||
+ | | date=1997 | ||
+ | | publisher=Harvard University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=0674541540 | ||
+ | | comment= excellent book about ideology & practice in graeco-roman world | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Magic and Magicians in the Graeco-Roman World | ||
+ | | author=Matthew Dickie | ||
+ | | date=2001 | ||
+ | | publisher=Routledge | ||
+ | | ISBN=0415249821 | ||
+ | | worldcat=45951576 | ||
| comment= | | comment= | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Mantikê : studies in ancient divination | ||
+ | | author=eds, Sarah Iles Johnston and Peter T. Struck. | ||
+ | | date=2005 | ||
+ | | publisher=Brill | ||
+ | | ISBN=9004144978 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment=excellent essays, Friz Graf, ''sortes'', with fine bibliography | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Greek and Roman Necromancy | ||
+ | | author=Daniel Ogden | ||
+ | | date=2001 | ||
+ | | publisher=Princeton University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=069100904X | ||
+ | | comment=fantastically interesting with lots of detail | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Magic, witchcraft, and ghosts in the Greek and Roman worlds : a sourcebook | ||
+ | | author=Daniel Ogden | ||
+ | | date=2002 | ||
+ | | publisher=Oxford University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=019513575X | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment=replaces G. Luck's Arcana Mundi | ||
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+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===Specific Cults=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''For more reading on specific cults, see also [[:Category:Reading list|the list of reading lists]].''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Apollon Romain | ||
+ | | author=Jean Gagé | ||
+ | | date=1955 | ||
+ | | publisher=Bibliothèque des écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome: fasc. 182 | ||
+ | | ISBN= | ||
+ | | worldcat=4996696 | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Apollon Imperial, garant des "Fata Romana" | ||
+ | | author=Jean Gagé | ||
+ | | date=1981 | ||
+ | | publisher=ANRW, II,17,2, | ||
+ | | ISBN=3110018853 | ||
+ | | comment= (I, 1) | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Bona Dea : the sources and a description of the cult | ||
+ | | author=Hendrik H.J. Brouwer | ||
+ | | date=1989 | ||
+ | | publisher=Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, | ||
+ | | ISBN=9004086064 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Worshipping Diana | ||
+ | | author=Lora Louise Holland | ||
+ | | date=2002 | ||
+ | | publisher=Microfiche. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 2002. 3 microfiche ; 11 x 15 cm | ||
+ | | ISBN= | ||
+ | | worldcat=51250081 | ||
+ | | comment= Cult of a Roman Goddess in Republican Italy. Thesis WorldCat. no.51250081 | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Roman Religion and the Cult of Diana at Aricia | ||
+ | | author=C.M.C. Green | ||
+ | | date=2007 | ||
+ | | publisher=Cambridge University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=0521851580 | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Fortuna | ||
+ | | author=Jacqueline Champeaux | ||
+ | | date=1982 | ||
+ | | publisher=Ecole Française de Rome | ||
+ | | ISBN=2728300410 | ||
+ | | comment= covers all cults of Fortuna, Muliebris, Virilis, Fors Fortuna taking into account archeology, epigraphy etc. ISBNs: 2728300410 (v. 1) 2728300429 (v. 1 : flap) | ||
+ | | name= | ||
}} | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=The Goddess Fortuna in Imperial Rome : Cult, Art, Text | ||
+ | | author=Darius Andre Arya | ||
+ | | date=2006 | ||
+ | | publisher=University of Texas at Austin | ||
+ | | ISBN= | ||
+ | | comment=available [http://hdl.handle.net/2152/152 online]! | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Hekate Soteira | ||
+ | | author= Sarah Isles Johnston | ||
+ | | date=1990 | ||
+ | | publisher=Scholars Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=155540426X | ||
+ | | comment=American Classical Studies no.21 | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Isis in the Graeco-Roman World | ||
+ | | author=R.E. Witt | ||
+ | | date=1971 | ||
+ | | publisher=Cornell University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=0801406331 | ||
+ | | comment=dated, but a classic text on the cult | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Choisir Dionysos | ||
+ | | author=Anne-Francoise Jaccottet | ||
+ | | date=2003 | ||
+ | | publisher=Akanthus | ||
+ | | ISBN=3905083183 | ||
+ | | comment=the very latest research on cult associations, a must | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Götter und Lararien aus Augusta Raurica | ||
+ | | author=Annemarie Kaufmann-Heinimann. | ||
+ | | date=1998 | ||
+ | | publisher= Augst : Römermuseum | ||
+ | | ISBN= 3715100265 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Liber Pater | ||
+ | | author=Adrien Bruhl | ||
+ | | date=1953 | ||
+ | | publisher=series:Bibiliothèque des écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome, Fasc.175 | ||
+ | | ISBN= | ||
+ | | worldcat=4972948 | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Politics and Religion in the Bacchanalian Affair of 186 BCE | ||
+ | | author=Sarolta A. Takacs | ||
+ | | date=2000 | ||
+ | | publisher=Harvard Studies in Classical Philology | ||
+ | | ISBN= | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment=important article | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=In Search of God the Mother | ||
+ | | author=Lynn E. Roller | ||
+ | | date=1999 | ||
+ | | publisher=University of California Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=0520210247 | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Corpus cultus Cybelae Attidisquae (CCCA) | ||
+ | | author=M.J. Vermaseren | ||
+ | | date=1900- | ||
+ | | publisher=E.J. Brill | ||
+ | | ISBN=9004053999 | ||
+ | | comment=every single inscription, every artifact a great series | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=The Mother of the Gods | ||
+ | | author=Mark Henderson Munn | ||
+ | | date=2006 | ||
+ | | publisher=University of California Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=0520243498 | ||
+ | | comment=important update of Roller's work | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Mens Bona | ||
+ | | author=Màrio Melo | ||
+ | | date=1968 | ||
+ | | publisher=Libereria Scientifa editrice series: Collana di studi greci:46 | ||
+ | | ISBN= | ||
+ | | worldcat=2371080 | ||
+ | | comment= The work on this cultus of Mens Bona | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title= Mercure romain : le culte public de Mercure et la fonction mercantile à Rome de la République archaïque à l'épopque augustéenne | ||
+ | | author=Bernard Combet Farnoux | ||
+ | | date=1980 | ||
+ | | publisher= Bibliothèque des écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome ; fasc. 238 | ||
+ | | ISBN= | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= 8169904 | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Les origines et le développement du culte des pénates à Rome | ||
+ | | author=Annie Dubourdieu | ||
+ | | date=1989 | ||
+ | | publisher=Ecole française de Rome | ||
+ | | ISBN=272830162 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Ricerche storico-epigrafiche sul culto di "Neptunus" nell'Italia romana | ||
+ | | author=Adelina Arnaldi. | ||
+ | | date=1997 | ||
+ | | publisher=Roma : [Istituto italiano per la storia antica], | ||
+ | | ISBN= | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat=39151383 | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Les origines et le développement du culte des Pénates à Rome | ||
+ | | author=Annie Dubourdieu | ||
+ | | date=1989 | ||
+ | | publisher= [Rome] : Ecole française de Rome, 1989. | ||
+ | | ISBN=272830162X | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=The Cult of Silvanus | ||
+ | | author=Peter F. Dorcey | ||
+ | | date=1992 | ||
+ | | publisher=Brill | ||
+ | | ISBN=9004096019 | ||
+ | | comment=the latest study | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=The Cult of Sol Invictus | ||
+ | | author=Gaston H. Halsberghe | ||
+ | | date=1972 | ||
+ | | publisher=Brill | ||
+ | | ISBN= | ||
+ | | comment= a bad book, read it for the classical references and inscriptions | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=The Sun which Did Not Rise in the East | ||
+ | | author=Steven E. Hijmans | ||
+ | | date=1996 | ||
+ | | publisher=BABesch, 71,115-150 | ||
+ | | ISBN= | ||
+ | | comment=seminal article, his conclusions have not been refuted | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=La religion romaine de Vénus | ||
+ | | author=Robert Schilling | ||
+ | | date=1982 | ||
+ | | publisher=Bibliothèque des écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome, fasc. 178 | ||
+ | | ISBN= | ||
+ | | worldcat=8362955 | ||
+ | | comment=Schilling is the expert on the cult of Venus, a great book. | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=The Cult of Virtues | ||
+ | | author=J. Rufus Fears | ||
+ | | date=1981 | ||
+ | | publisher=Aufsteig und Neidergang der Römischen Welt II, 17.2 | ||
+ | | ISBN=3110018853 | ||
+ | | comment= wonderful essay, very important | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Volcanus | ||
+ | | author=Gérard Capdeville | ||
+ | | date=1995 | ||
+ | | publisher=Ecole Française de Rome | ||
+ | | ISBN=2728302723 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat=33295483 | ||
+ | | comment=fasc. 288 | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
===Empire=== | ===Empire=== | ||
+ | |||
{{Bookinfo | {{Bookinfo | ||
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===Etruscans=== | ===Etruscans=== | ||
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− | ===Religion | + | ===Greek Religion=== |
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Greek Hero Cults and Ideas of Immortality | ||
+ | | author=Lewis Richard Farnell | ||
+ | | date=1921 | ||
+ | | publisher=Oxford | ||
+ | | ISBN=0890050236 | ||
+ | | comment=Hardback. A bit out-dated but a still a great read for information on Greek hero cults. | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Quintus Valerius Poplicola|Q. Valerius Poplicola]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Religions of the Ancient Greeks | ||
+ | | author=Simon Price | ||
+ | | date=1999 | ||
+ | | publisher=Cambridge University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=0521382017 | ||
+ | | comment=A great little manual for an introduction to the various religions of the ancient Greeks | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Quintus Valerius Poplicola|Q. Valerius Poplicola]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece | ||
+ | | author=Dennis D. Hughes | ||
+ | | date=1991 | ||
+ | | publisher=Routledge | ||
+ | | ISBN=0415034833 | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Quintus Valerius Poplicola|Q. Valerius Poplicola]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Greek Religion | ||
+ | | author=Walter Burkert | ||
+ | | date=1985 | ||
+ | | publisher=Harvard University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=0674362802 | ||
+ | | comment=Cloth. The standard book for Greek religion, this should be read by anyone studying religions anywhere near the Mediterranean, including the Religio Romana. Highly recommend. | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Quintus Valerius Poplicola|Q. Valerius Poplicola]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===Egyptian Religion=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Temples of Ancient Egypt | ||
+ | | editor=Byron E. Shafer | ||
+ | | date=1997 | ||
+ | | publisher=Cornell University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=0801433991 | ||
+ | | comment=Hardback. A solid collection of essays by experts in Egyptian religion and archaeology. | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Quintus Valerius Poplicola|Q. Valerius Poplicola]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===Other Provinces=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=La romanisation des dieux : l'interpretatio romana en Afrique du Nord sous le Haut-Empire | ||
+ | | author=Alain Cadotte | ||
+ | | date=2007 | ||
+ | | publisher=Leiden | ||
+ | | ISBN=900415258X | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Religion in Roman Britain | ||
+ | | author=Martin Henig | ||
+ | | date=1984 | ||
+ | | publisher=Batsford | ||
+ | | ISBN=0713412208 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=The pagan god : popular religion in the Greco-Roman Near East | ||
+ | | author=Javier Teixidor | ||
+ | | date=1977 | ||
+ | | publisher=Princeton University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=0691072205 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment=fascinating & very readable | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Temples in Roman Britain | ||
+ | | author=M.J.T. Lewis | ||
+ | | date=1966 | ||
+ | | publisher=Cambridge University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN= | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat=679330 | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Gods,Temples and Relgious Practices The Transformation of Religious Ideas and Values in Roman Gaul | ||
+ | | author=Ton Derks | ||
+ | | date=1998 | ||
+ | | publisher=Amsterdam University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=9053562540 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===Religion and Law=== | ||
{{Bookinfo | {{Bookinfo | ||
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| ISBN=0801845068 | | ISBN=0801845068 | ||
| comment=Hardcover. While it may seem odd to include a book on international law in the religion section, this excellent resource is essentially about the Fetiales, the priests whose duties included the maintenance of international relations; treaties, declarations of war, etc. A must-read for anyone aspiring to become a member of the Fetiales. | | comment=Hardcover. While it may seem odd to include a book on international law in the religion section, this excellent resource is essentially about the Fetiales, the priests whose duties included the maintenance of international relations; treaties, declarations of war, etc. A must-read for anyone aspiring to become a member of the Fetiales. | ||
− | | name= | + | | name=[[Flavius Vedius Germanicus]] |
}} | }} | ||
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}} | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Religion and law in classical and Christian Rome | ||
+ | | author=Clifford Ando / Jörg Rüpke (eds.) | ||
+ | | date=2006 | ||
+ | | publisher=Steiner | ||
+ | | ISBN=3515088547 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment= | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
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− | | comment= | + | | comment=brilliant, short essays on augural law, prosography |
− | | name= | + | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] |
}} | }} | ||
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| ISBN=3110018853 | | ISBN=3110018853 | ||
| comment=<!--, 2146-2312 --> A seminal monograph on augural law, in English. | | comment=<!--, 2146-2312 --> A seminal monograph on augural law, in English. | ||
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| ISBN=3515079467 | | ISBN=3515079467 | ||
− | | comment= | + | | comment=the latest Finnish expert on augury |
− | | name= | + | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] |
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− | | comment=Mnemosyne, 17-18 (1890-1891). ISSN 0026-7074 | + | | comment=Mnemosyne, 17-18 (1890-1891). |
− | | name= | + | | ISSN=0026-7074 |
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
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− | | comment=Mnemosyne, 19 (1891). ISSN 0026-7074 | + | | comment=Mnemosyne, 19 (1891). |
− | | name= | + | | ISSN=0026-7074 |
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
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− | | comment=Mnemosyne, 19 (1891). ISSN 0026-7074 | + | | comment=Mnemosyne, 19 (1891). |
+ | | ISSN=0026-7074 | ||
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− | | comment=Mnemosyne, 20-21 (1892-1893). ISSN 0026-7074 | + | | comment=Mnemosyne, 20-21 (1892-1893). |
− | | name= | + | | ISSN=0026-7074 |
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
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− | + | {{Bookinfo | |
− | [[ | + | | title=Public portents in republican Rome |
− | + | | author=Susanne William Rasmussen | |
+ | | date=2003 | ||
+ | | publisher= Analecta Romana Instituti Danici. Supplementum, 34 | ||
+ | | ISBN=8882652408 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment=A.Apollonius Cordus recommeded this excellent book also contains a collection of prodigy lists | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Marca Hortensia Maior|Marca Hortensia Maior]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | + | ==Primary Literature== | |
+ | |||
+ | ===Marcus Aurelius Antoninus=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The "Meditations of Marcus Aurelius", musings of one of the most famous Stoics of history; the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. | ||
{{Bookinfo | {{Bookinfo | ||
− | | title= | + | | title=Marcus Aurelius (Loeb Classical Library 58) |
− | | author= | + | | author=C.R. Haines (Editor), Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus |
+ | | date=1930 | ||
+ | | publisher= | ||
+ | | ISBN=0674990641 | ||
+ | | comment=Hardcover. Part of the Loeb Classical Library (#58). | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations | ||
+ | | author=David Hicks (Translator), C. Scot Hicks (Translator) | ||
+ | | date=2002 | ||
+ | | publisher= | ||
+ | | ISBN=0743233832 | ||
+ | | comment=Hardcover | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Meditations (Modern Library Classics) | ||
+ | | author=Gregory Hays (Translator) | ||
+ | | date=2003 | ||
+ | | publisher= | ||
+ | | ISBN=0812968255 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment=Paperback | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Marcus Tullius Cicero=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=The Nature of the Gods and on Divination (Great Books in Philosophy) | ||
+ | | author=Marcus Tullius Cicero, C.D. Yonge (Translator) | ||
| date= | | date= | ||
| publisher= | | publisher= | ||
− | | ISBN= | + | | ISBN=1573921807 |
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment=Important first-hand accounts of attitudes towards religion and divination in the late Republic. Paperback. Published 1997 reprint of 1853 edition | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=The Nature of the Gods (Penguin Classics) | ||
+ | | author=Marcus Tullius Cicero, J. M. Ross (Introduction), Horace C. P. McGregor (Translator) | ||
+ | | date=1972 | ||
+ | | publisher= | ||
+ | | ISBN=0140442650 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment=Reissue edition Paperback | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=The Republic and The Laws | ||
+ | | author=Marcus Tullius Cicero, Jonathan Powell (Introduction), Niall Rudd (Translator) | ||
+ | | date=1998 | ||
+ | | publisher= | ||
+ | | ISBN=0192832360 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
| comment= | | comment= | ||
| name= | | name= | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | -- | + | |
+ | ===Marcus Terentius Varro=== | ||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=De Lingua Latina/On the Latin Language | ||
+ | | author=M. Terentius Varro, Roland G. Kent (trans.) | ||
+ | | date=1951 | ||
+ | | publisher=Harvard University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN= | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment=Loeb version | ||
+ | | name=[[User:Quintus Valerius Poplicola|Q. Valerius Poplicola]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Pagan Critique of Christianity=== | ||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Porphyry's Against the Christians : the literary remains / edited and translated with an introduction and epilogue by R. Joseph Hoffmann | ||
+ | | author= Porphyry | ||
+ | |||
+ | | date=1994 | ||
+ | | publisher=Prometheus Books | ||
+ | | ISBN=0879758899 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat=29909484 | ||
+ | | comment=restord and annotated by Professor Hoffman | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=On the true doctrine : a discourse against the Christians / Celsus ; translated with a general introduction by R. Joseph Hoffmann | ||
+ | | author=Celsus | ||
+ | | date=1987 | ||
+ | | publisher=Oxford University Press | ||
+ | | ISBN=019504150X | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat=13580127 | ||
+ | | comment=restored and annotated | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Julian's against the Galileans | ||
+ | |||
+ | | author=Julian, Emperor of Rome | ||
+ | | date=2004 | ||
+ | | publisher=Prometheus Books | ||
+ | | ISBN=1591021987 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat=55078214 | ||
+ | | comment=restored and annotated by Professor Hoffman | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Sourcebooks=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bookinfo | ||
+ | | title=Corpus de prières grecques et romaines / textes réunis, traduits et commentés | ||
+ | | author=Frédéric Chapot, Bernard Laurot. | ||
+ | | date=2001 | ||
+ | | publisher=Turnhout, Brepols | ||
+ | | ISBN=2503509533 | ||
+ | | ISSN= | ||
+ | | worldcat= | ||
+ | | comment=invaluable source for dedications, prayers | ||
+ | | name= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ; Roman Religion<nowiki>:</nowiki> A Sourcebook : Valerie M. Warrior / Paperback / 2002 /ISBN 1585100307 Read a [http://www.unrv.com/book-review/roman-religion.php review at UNRV] |
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Modern Scholarship
General
Dictionary of Roman Religion
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An Introduction to Roman Religion
This is an English translation of the book La Religion des Romains (ISBN 2200263775) . This book is a must for all those who wish to know what the Religio Romana was and how it was practiced. It is written in the form of a manual, a small booklet very easy to read, with lots of notes, quotations and illustrations.
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Religion of the Romans
excellent discussion of organizations
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Religions of Rome, (2 Volumes)
Paperback. Volume I (ISBN 0521316820) is a history from early Rome down to the Christian emperors (the last chapter). Volume 2 (ISBN 0521456460) is a sourcebook with lots of pictures, including calendar, religious places, festivals and ceremonies, sacrifices and divination.
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Religion in Archaic and Republican Rome and Italy: Evidence and Experience
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Roman Religion (Cambridge Introduction to Roman Civilization)
Contributed by A. Sempronius Regulus
Roman Religion: A Sourcebook
Contributed by A. Sempronius Regulus
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The Gods of Ancient Rome: Religion in Everyday Life from Archaic to Imperial Times
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Roman Religion (New Surveys in the Classics)
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The Matter of the Gods: Religion and the Roman Empire (The Transformation of the Classical Heritage)
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Archaic Roman Religion, Volume One
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Archaic Roman Religion, Volume Two
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Specific Topics
The Flamen
Gathers together all the known evidence on the Roman flamines.
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Les flamines et leurs dieux
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Il flaminato nelle province romane dell'Africa
series Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto di storia antica, Università degli studi di Padova ; v. 11
Le collège pontifical 3eme s. a. C. - 4eme s. p. C. : contribution à l'étude de la religion publique romaine
The latest study on the pontifical college.
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Rome's Vestal Virgins
all latin texts collected Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Le Vestali
the latest work on a long neglected topic Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Kalender und Öffentlichkeit : die Geschichte der Repräsentation und religiösen Qualifikation von Zeit in Rom
Challenging analysis of the calendar with complete literary sources and fantastic bibliography with indexes. Rüpke postulates NP = nefas piaculum and EN = endoitio exitio nefas.
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The Roman Goddess Ceres
A work based on the author's doctoral thesis on all known evidence about the Goddess.
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Death and Burial in the Roman World
A covering of the various aspects of death, burial, funerals, and the afterlife as based on the ancient sources and archaeology.
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La vie religieuse des matrones dans la Rome archaïque
Important discussion of household ritual, discussion of the flaminica.
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Women's religious activity in the Roman Republic
via epigrahpic evidence & votive deposits, this book analyses women's participation in the public religious sphere, domestic rituals, and the role of the flaminate as a married priesthood.
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Vestal virgins, sibyls, and matrons : women in Roman religion
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Temples, Religion, and Politics in the Roman Republic
Contributed by Q. Valerius Poplicola
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Magic and Divination
Librorum de Disciplina Augurali ante Augusti Mortem Scriptorum Reliquiae
A Thesis on the extant literary fragments that describe and/or detail augural practice from before the death of Augustus.
On divination and synchronicity : the psychology of meaningful chance
very useful Jungian study Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Magic in the Ancient world
excellent book about ideology & practice in graeco-roman world Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Magic and Magicians in the Graeco-Roman World
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Mantikê : studies in ancient divination
excellent essays, Friz Graf, sortes, with fine bibliography Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Greek and Roman Necromancy
fantastically interesting with lots of detail Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Magic, witchcraft, and ghosts in the Greek and Roman worlds : a sourcebook
replaces G. Luck's Arcana Mundi
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Specific Cults
For more reading on specific cults, see also the list of reading lists.
Apollon Romain
Apollon Imperial, garant des "Fata Romana"
Bona Dea : the sources and a description of the cult
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Worshipping Diana
Cult of a Roman Goddess in Republican Italy. Thesis WorldCat. no.51250081
Roman Religion and the Cult of Diana at Aricia
Fortuna
covers all cults of Fortuna, Muliebris, Virilis, Fors Fortuna taking into account archeology, epigraphy etc. ISBNs: 2728300410 (v. 1) 2728300429 (v. 1 : flap)
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The Goddess Fortuna in Imperial Rome : Cult, Art, Text
available online!
Hekate Soteira
American Classical Studies no.21
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Isis in the Graeco-Roman World
dated, but a classic text on the cult
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Choisir Dionysos
the very latest research on cult associations, a must Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Götter und Lararien aus Augusta Raurica
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Liber Pater
Politics and Religion in the Bacchanalian Affair of 186 BCE
important article Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
In Search of God the Mother
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Corpus cultus Cybelae Attidisquae (CCCA)
every single inscription, every artifact a great series Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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The Mother of the Gods
important update of Roller's work Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Mens Bona
The work on this cultus of Mens Bona Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
Mercure romain : le culte public de Mercure et la fonction mercantile à Rome de la République archaïque à l'épopque augustéenne
Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
Les origines et le développement du culte des pénates à Rome
Ricerche storico-epigrafiche sul culto di "Neptunus" nell'Italia romana
Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
Les origines et le développement du culte des Pénates à Rome
Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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The Cult of Silvanus
the latest study Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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The Cult of Sol Invictus
a bad book, read it for the classical references and inscriptions Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
The Sun which Did Not Rise in the East
seminal article, his conclusions have not been refuted Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
La religion romaine de Vénus
Schilling is the expert on the cult of Venus, a great book. Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
The Cult of Virtues
wonderful essay, very important Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Volcanus
fasc. 288 Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Empire
The Cults of the Roman Empire
Paperback. Terrific information on the influences of foreign cults on Rome, including Isis, the Magna Mater, etc.
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Paganism in the Roman Empire
The cult images of imperial Rome
Etruscans
Etruscan Life and Afterlife: A Handbook of Etruscan Studies
Paperback. While it doesn't specifically deal with Classical Rome, the Etruscans were important contributors to the Roman conception of death, religion, and the afterlife. An important foundational work.
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Greek Religion
Greek Hero Cults and Ideas of Immortality
Hardback. A bit out-dated but a still a great read for information on Greek hero cults. Contributed by Q. Valerius Poplicola
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Religions of the Ancient Greeks
A great little manual for an introduction to the various religions of the ancient Greeks Contributed by Q. Valerius Poplicola
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Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece
Contributed by Q. Valerius Poplicola
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Greek Religion
Cloth. The standard book for Greek religion, this should be read by anyone studying religions anywhere near the Mediterranean, including the Religio Romana. Highly recommend. Contributed by Q. Valerius Poplicola
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Egyptian Religion
Temples of Ancient Egypt
Hardback. A solid collection of essays by experts in Egyptian religion and archaeology. Contributed by Q. Valerius Poplicola
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Other Provinces
La romanisation des dieux : l'interpretatio romana en Afrique du Nord sous le Haut-Empire
Religion in Roman Britain
Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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The pagan god : popular religion in the Greco-Roman Near East
fascinating & very readable Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Temples in Roman Britain
Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
Gods,Temples and Relgious Practices The Transformation of Religious Ideas and Values in Roman Gaul
Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Religion and Law
International Law in Archaic Rome: War and Religion
Hardcover. While it may seem odd to include a book on international law in the religion section, this excellent resource is essentially about the Fetiales, the priests whose duties included the maintenance of international relations; treaties, declarations of war, etc. A must-read for anyone aspiring to become a member of the Fetiales. Contributed by Flavius Vedius Germanicus
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The State, Law and Religion: Pagan Rome
Hardcover. Watson analyzes the interaction of law and religion in ancient Rome, drawing connections between class tensions and the development of civil and religious law.
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Religion and law in classical and Christian Rome
Roman Questions: Selected Papers
brilliant, short essays on augural law, prosography Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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The Augural Law
A seminal monograph on augural law, in English. Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Roman augural lore in Greek historiography; a study of the theory and terminology
the latest Finnish expert on augury Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Contributi allo studio del diritto augurale. I
De Modis Auspicandi Romanorum
Mnemosyne, 17-18 (1890-1891). Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
De Iure Obnuntiandi Comitiis et Conciliis
De Inaugurationibus Romanis Caerimoniarum et Sacerdotum
Mnemosyne, 19 (1891).
De Templis Romanis
Mnemosyne, 20-21 (1892-1893). Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
De Temporum Computatione Romanorum
A doctoral dissertation on Roman time.
De Auspiciis Romanorum
A thesis on Roman auspices.
Public portents in republican Rome
A.Apollonius Cordus recommeded this excellent book also contains a collection of prodigy lists Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Primary Literature
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
The "Meditations of Marcus Aurelius", musings of one of the most famous Stoics of history; the Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Marcus Aurelius (Loeb Classical Library 58)
Hardcover. Part of the Loeb Classical Library (#58).
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The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations
Hardcover
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Meditations (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Tullius Cicero
The Nature of the Gods and on Divination (Great Books in Philosophy)
Important first-hand accounts of attitudes towards religion and divination in the late Republic. Paperback. Published 1997 reprint of 1853 edition
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The Nature of the Gods (Penguin Classics)
Reissue edition Paperback
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The Republic and The Laws
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Marcus Terentius Varro
De Lingua Latina/On the Latin Language
Loeb version Contributed by Q. Valerius Poplicola
Pagan Critique of Christianity
Porphyry's Against the Christians : the literary remains / edited and translated with an introduction and epilogue by R. Joseph Hoffmann
restord and annotated by Professor Hoffman
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On the true doctrine : a discourse against the Christians / Celsus ; translated with a general introduction by R. Joseph Hoffmann
restored and annotated
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Julian's against the Galileans
restored and annotated by Professor Hoffman
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Sourcebooks
Corpus de prières grecques et romaines / textes réunis, traduits et commentés
invaluable source for dedications, prayers
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- Roman Religion: A Sourcebook
- Valerie M. Warrior / Paperback / 2002 /ISBN 1585100307 Read a review at UNRV
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