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
- Minucius Felix, Octavius. Christian dialog addressing auguries, sacrifices, etc.
- Augustine, City of God (Gutenberg full book; Books 4, 5, 6, 7.). God gave the Empire to Rome, and how they didn't deserve it. Confessions: Gutenberg. Autobiography with notes on Manichaeanism and Neoplatonism.
26 october '22 additions:
Roger beck, The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire: Mysteries of the Unconqured Sun
Chatrles King, The Ancient Roman Afterlife: Di Manes, Belief, and the Cult of the Dead
Amber Gartrell, The Cult of Castor and Pollux in Ancient Roman Myth, Ritual, and Society
Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity
Temples, Religion, and Politics in the Roman Republic
Religions of the Hellenistic Roman Age
One God: Pagan Monotheism in the Roman Empire
George Dumezil, Archaic Roman Religion
Remus, a Roman Myth
The Religions of the Roman Empire
A Critical History of Rome from Prehistory to the First Punic War
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