by Horatius Piscinus on Sun Jan 23, 2005 3:00 pm
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Here are some other books concerned with the Religio Romana. Some are special subjects while others deal with the religio in context with other subjects in Roman history.
Two books on the Roman festivals of the fasti:
Fowler, W. W. (1899) The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Roman Republic London.
Scullard, H. H. (1981) Festivals and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic, London.
Both have commentary that relies on dated interpretations. Fowler wrote before Rose or Dumezil, and instead refers to comparative studies like that of Frazer's Golden Bough. Scullard's comments are filled with Dumezil's ideas. So you need to be wary of some of the interpretations, but the information they present are valuable.
Cornell, T. J. (1995) The Beginnings of Rome New York.
This is a valuable book dealing with many political and religious issuses. It is interesting in that he presents the different sides to each issue, and then gives his reasons for favoring one or another. He refers to archaeological evidence, but interprets it as an historian. You might want to read what some archaeologists have to say.
Some others then:
Baistrocchi, M. (1987) Arcana Urbis Rome.
Beard, M., Crawford, M. (1985) Rome in the Late Republic Ithica
Gager, J. G. (1992) Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World Oxford.
Grandazzi, A. Todd, J. M. (1997) The Foundations of Rome: Myth and History
Kozloff, A. et alii, (1988) The Gods Delight: The Human Figure in Classical Bronze, CMU.
Le Bonniec, H (1958) Le culte de Ceres a Rome
Luck, G. (1985) Arcana Mundi, London.
MacMullen, R. (1981) Paganism in the Roman Empire
Meyer, M. (1987) Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook, New York
Momigliano, A. (1989) Roma Arcaica, Florence
Ogden, D. (2002) Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds, New York.
Rawson, E. (1985) Intellectual Life in the Late Roman Republic, Baltimore, Md.
Spaeth, B. S. (1996) The Roman Goddess Ceres, Austin, Tx.
Stewart, R. (1998) Public Office in Early Rome, Ann Arbor, Mi.
Toynbee, J. M. C. (1971) Death and Burial in the Roman World, Baltimore.
Turcan, R. trans. Nevill, A. (1996) The Cults of the Roman Empire, Cambridge.
Whitehouse, R. D. (1992) Underground Religion: Cult and Cultus in Prehistoric Italy, London.
And then to dig further:
Corpus Inscritionum Latinarum in 16 vols. (1862) Berlin.
De Romanorum Precationibus, Appel, Geo. (1975) New York
Grammatica Romanae Fragmenta, ed. Funaioli, G. (1969) Stuttgart
Regell, P. (1878) De Augurum Publicorum Libris
Regell, P. (1882) Fragmenta Auguralia
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