Reading list for the cultus deorum
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Modern Scholarship
General
Dictionary of Roman Religion
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
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)
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
Gathers together all the known evidence on the Roman flamines.
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Les flamines et leurs dieux
WorldCat no. 28673540
Le college pontifical 3eme s.a C. - 4eme s.p. C. : contribution a l'etude de la religion publique romaine
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
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 Archaique
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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Librorum de Disciplina Augurali ante Augusti Mortem Scriptorum Reliquiae
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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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 (FVG)
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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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Roman Questions: Selected Papers
The Augural Law
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
Contributi allo studio del diritto augurale. I
De Modis Auspicandi Romanorum
Mnemosyne, 17-18 (1890-1891). ISSN 0026-7074
De Iure Obnuntiandi Comitiis et Conciliis
Mnemosyne, 19 (1891). ISSN 0026-7074
De Inaugurationibus Romanis Caerimoniarum et Sacerdotum
Mnemosyne, 19 (1891). ISSN 0026-7074
De Templis Romanis
Mnemosyne, 20-21 (1892-1893). ISSN 0026-7074
De Temporum Computatione Romanorum
A doctoral dissertation on Roman time.
De Auspiciis Romanorum
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)
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)
- (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
