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100	1		_aCumont, Franz, _d1868-1947
245	1	0	_aAfter Life in Roman Paganism
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2021
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2021-01-14
508			_adeaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520			_a"After Life in Roman Paganism" by Franz Cumont is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work discusses the beliefs and ideas of Roman paganism regarding the afterlife, focusing on the conceptions of the soul's fate after death. This analysis highlights the evolving beliefs about immortality, punishment, and reward that characterized the religious landscape of ancient Rome. At the start of the text, the author sets the stage for the exploration of Roman beliefs about the afterlife, noting the contemporary relevance of these ideas given the horrors of recent conflicts. Cumont indicates the need for a comprehensive investigation into the evolution of Roman eschatological thought, tracing how earlier notions of afterlife shifted as philosophical schools like Epicureanism and Stoicism influenced societal views. He touches on the importance of burial practices, the persistence of primitive beliefs, and the various conceptions of the nether world, all of which provide a framework for understanding how ancient Romans perceived death and life after it. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aRome -- Religion
653			_aPaganism -- Rome
653			_aFuture life
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64297
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