Reading list for the cultus deorum
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Primary Literature
- Marcus Aurelius (Loeb Classical Library 58)
- (C.R. Haines (Editor), Aurelius Antoninus Marcus / Hardcover / Published 1930 / ISBN 0674990641). Part of the Loeb Classical Library (#58), this contains the musings of one of the most famous Stoics of history; the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Also known as the "Meditations of Marcus Aurelius."
- The Nature of the Gods and on Divination : And, on Divination (Great Books in Philosophy)
- (Marcus Tullius Cicero, C.D. Yonge (Translator) / Paperback / Published 1997 / ISBN 1573921807). Important first-hand accounts of attitudes towards religion and divination in the late Republic.
Secondary Literature
- An Introduction to Roman Religion
- (John Scheid, Janet Lloyd (Translator) / ISBN 0253216605) This is an English translation of the book La Religion des Romains. 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.
- The Cults of the Roman Empire
- (Ancient World (Oxford, England).) (Robert Turcan, Antonia Nevill (Translator) / Paperback / Published 1996 / ISBN 0631200479). Terrific information on the influences of foreign cults on Rome, including Isis, the Magna Mater, etc.
- Dictionary of Roman Religion
- (Lesley Adkins, Roy A. Adkins / Hardcover / Published 1995 / ISBN 0816030057). An excellent resource for general knowledge or just to look up that obscure temple or God. Includes a very good bibliography.
- Etruscan Life and Afterlife: A Handbook of Etruscan Studies
- (Larissa Bonfante (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1987 / ISBN 0814318134). 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.
- International Law in Archaic Rome: War and Religion
- (Alan Watson / Hardcover / Published 1993 / ISBN 0801845068). 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. (FVG)
- The State, Law and Religion: Pagan Rome
- (Alan Watson / Hardcover / 1992 / ISBN 0820313874). Watson analyzes the interaction of law and religion in ancient Rome, drawing connections between class tensions and the development of civil and religious law.
- Paganism in the Roman Empire
- (Ramsay MacMullen / Paperback / Published 1983 / ISBN 0300029845).