The Religion of Ancient Rome

The Religion of Ancient Rome

The Religion of Ancient RomeThe conditions of our knowledge of the native religion of early Rome may...
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Author: Bailey, Cyril,1871-1957
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The Religion of Ancient Rome

The Religion of Ancient Rome

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The Religion of Ancient Rome

Dhs. 49.56 Dhs. 24.77
Author: Bailey, Cyril,1871-1957
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Religion of Ancient Rome

The conditions of our knowledge of the native religion of early Rome may perhaps be best illustrated by a parallel from Roman archology. The visitor to the Roman Forum at the present day, if he wishes to reconstruct in imagination the Forum of the early Republic, must not merely 'think away' many strata of later buildings, but, we are told, must picture to himself a totally different orientation of the whole: the upper layer of remains, which he sees before him, is for his purpose in most cases not merely useless, but positively misleading. In the same way, if we wish to form a picture of the genuine Roman religion, we cannot find it immediately in classical literature; we must banish from our minds all that is due to the contact with the East and Egypt, and even with the other races of Italy, [2]and we must imagine, so to speak, a totally different mental orientation before the great influx of Greek literature and Greek thought, which gave an entirely new turn to Roman ideas in general, and in particular revolutionised religion by the introduction of anthropomorphic notions and sensuous representations. But in this difficult search we are not left without indications to guide us. In the writings of the savants of the late Republic and of the Empire, and in the Augustan poets, biassed though they are in their interpretations by Greek tendencies, there is embodied a great wealth of ancient custom and ritual, which becomes significant when we have once got the clue to its meaning. More direct evidence is afforded by a large body of inscriptions and monuments, and above all by the surviving Calendars of the Roman festival year, which give us the true outline of the ceremonial observances of the early religion. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 18564
Author: Bailey, Cyril
Release Date: Jun 12, 2006
Format: eBook
Language: English

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