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Modern Scholarship

General

Dictionary of Roman Religion

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Lesley Adkins, Roy A. Adkins. (1995). ISBN 0816030057
Hardcover. 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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An Introduction to Roman Religion

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John Scheid, Janet Lloyd (Translator). (n.d.) ISBN 0253216605
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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Religions of Rome, (2 Volumes)

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Mary Beard, John North & Simon Price. (1998). ISBN 0521316820
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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Specific Topics

The Flamen

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J. Vanggaard. (1988). ISBN 8772890592
Gathers together all the known evidence on the Roman flamines.
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Les flamines et leurs dieux

Domenico Fasciano, Pierre Seguin. (1993).
WorldCat no. 28673540


Le college pontifical 3eme s.a C. - 4eme s.p. C. : contribution a l'etude de la religion publique romaine

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Francoise van Haeperen. (2002). ISBN 9074461492
The latest study on the pontifical college.
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Kalender und Öffentlichkeit : die Geschichte der Repräsentation und religiösen Qualifikation von Zeit in Rom

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Jörg Rüpke. (1995). ISBN 3110145146
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

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Barbette Stanley Spaeth. (1996). ISBN 0292776926
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

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J.M.C. Tonybee. (1996). ISBN 0801855071
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 Archaique

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Nicole Boels-Janssen. (1993). Ecole francaise de Rome. ISBN 2728302820
Important discussion of household ritual, discussion of the flaminica.
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Women's religious activity in the Roman Republic

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Celia E. Schultz. (2006). The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807830186
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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Librorum de Disciplina Augurali ante Augusti Mortem Scriptorum Reliquiae

Francis Albert Brause. (1875).

Specific Cults

Fortuna: recherches sur la culte de la Fortune a Rome et dans le monde romain des origines a la mort de Cesar

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Jacqueline Champeaux. (1982). Ecole Francaise de Rome. ISBN 2728300429 (v. 1 : flap)
covers all cults of Fortuna, Muliebris, Virilis, Fors Fortuna taking into account archeology, epigraphy etc Contributed by Marca Hortensia Maior
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Empire

The Cults of the Roman Empire

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Robert Turcan, (Antonia Nevill, Trans.). (1996). Blackwell. ISBN 0631200479
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

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Ramsay MacMullen. (1983). ISBN 0300029845
Paperback.
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The cult images of imperial Rome

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Cornelius Vermeule. (1987). ISBN 8876890130

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Etruscans

Etruscan Life and Afterlife: A Handbook of Etruscan Studies

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Larissa Bonfante (Ed.). (1987). ISBN 0814318134
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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Religion and Law

International Law in Archaic Rome: War and Religion

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Alan Watson. (1993). The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801845068
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 (FVG)
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The State, Law and Religion: Pagan Rome

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Alan Watson. (1992). University of Georgia Press. ISBN 0820313874
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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Roman Questions: Selected Papers

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Jerzy Linderski. (1995). ISBN 3515066772

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The Augural Law

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Jerzy Linderski. (1986). Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt, II 16.3. ISBN 3110018853
A seminal monograph on augural law, in English.
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Roman augural lore in Greek historiography; a study of the theory and terminology

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Jyri Vaahtera. (2001). ISBN 3515079467

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Contributi allo studio del diritto augurale. I

Pierangelo Catalano. (1960).

De Modis Auspicandi Romanorum

M.J. Valeton. (1890-1).
Mnemosyne, 17-18 (1890-1891). ISSN 0026-7074

De Iure Obnuntiandi Comitiis et Conciliis

M.J.Valeton. (n.d.)
Mnemosyne, 19 (1891). ISSN 0026-7074


De Inaugurationibus Romanis Caerimoniarum et Sacerdotum

M.J. Valeton. (1891).
Mnemosyne, 19 (1891). ISSN 0026-7074

De Templis Romanis

M.J. Valeton. (1892-3).
Mnemosyne, 20-21 (1892-1893). ISSN 0026-7074


De Temporum Computatione Romanorum

Paul Krüger. (1861).
A doctoral dissertation on Roman time.

De Auspiciis Romanorum

Eric Samuel Ödmann. (1825).
A thesis on Roman auspices.

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)

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C.R. Haines (Editor), Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus. (1930). ISBN 0674990641
Hardcover. Part of the Loeb Classical Library (#58).
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The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations

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David Hicks (Translator), C. Scot Hicks (Translator). (2002). ISBN 0743233832
Hardcover
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Meditations (Modern Library Classics) 
(Gregory Hays (Translator) / Paperback / 2003 / ISBN 0812968255 )

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Nature of the Gods and on Divination (Great Books in Philosophy) 
(Marcus Tullius Cicero, C.D. Yonge (Translator) / Paperback / Published 1997 reprint of 1853 edition/ ISBN 1573921807). Important first-hand accounts of attitudes towards religion and divination in the late Republic.
The Nature of the Gods (Penguin Classics) 
Marcus Tullius Cicero, J. M. Ross (Introduction), Horace C. P. McGregor (Translator) / Paperback / Reissue edition 1972 / ISBN 0140442650
The Republic and The Laws 
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Jonathan Powell (Introduction), Niall Rudd (Translator) / Paperback / 1998 / ISBN 0192832360

Sourcebooks

Roman Religion: A Sourcebook 
Valerie M. Warrior / Paperback / 2002 /ISBN 1585100307 Read a review at UNRV
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