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Roman religion primary sources

Roman religion primary sources from  U Colorado's MA program in Roman religion and myth ! Cicero,  De Divinatione  On divination, De Natura Deorum  ( pdf ) On the nature of the gods  Dionysius of Halicarnassus,  Roman Antiquities , Books 1-2 Myths of Roman's foundation Livy,  Ab Urbe Condita , ( Perseus classics ; Gutenberg html ;  whole book ) Book 1. Foundation myths. Firmicus Maternus, On the Error of Profane Religions . A Christian apologist and former astrologer belittles the old ways in great detail. Virgil,  Aeneid. ( Perseus ; most recent Gutenberg )  The Roman epic, with political subtext. Lactantius,  Divine Institutes . Another Christian apologetic: relates many myths. Eusebius,  Ecclesiastical History ( complete pdf ; abridged ).  Ovid,  Fasti sacred calendar  ( poet A.S. Kline ) ( gutenberg Latin, but with many notes ) Plutarch,  Isis and Osiris   the Roman reception of the Egyptian cult Ap...