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 Apuleius, Metamorphoses , Book 11 The death of Orpheus & other myths Min