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100 1 _aFowler, W. Warde
_q(William Warde),
_d1847-1921
245 1 4 _aThe Religious Experience of the Roman People :
_bFrom the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2007
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2007-11-06
508 _aProduced by Turgut Dincer, Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Religious Experience of the Roman People" by W. Warde Fowler is a comprehensive examination of ancient Roman religion, presented as a series of lectures delivered at Edinburgh University in the early 20th century. The work provides insight into the evolution of religious practices and beliefs among the Roman people from their earliest times to the age of Augustus. It addresses the complexities of Roman religious structures, shedding light on how they intertwined with various social, legal, and historical contexts. The opening of this work outlines Fowler's intention to explore the roots of Roman religious experience, emphasizing its significance in understanding the broader context of Roman history. He highlights the need to move past the formalized and often misunderstood aspects of Roman religion that characterized its later stages. Fowler aims to illuminate the original instincts and beliefs that shaped Rome's spiritual landscape, acknowledging challenges in accessing narratives from early periods due to the scarcity of surviving texts and the influence of Greek culture on Roman interpretations. He sets the stage for a detailed exploration of various facets of Roman spirituality, including its connections to agriculture, family life, and the rigorous discipline imposed by the state. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aRome -- Religion
653 _aCults -- Rome
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23349
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