title: The Gods of Ancient Rome: Religion in Everyday Life from Archaic to Imperial Times
author:  Robert Turcan 
description: <strong>Robert Turcan</strong> is Professor of Roman History at the Sorbonne. He has published widely on Roman antiquity, mainly on aspects of religion. His books include <em>Cults of</em> <em>the Roman Empire</em> (1996) and <em>Mithras et le Mithriacisme</em> (1991).
zlib_text: RELIGIONS ANCIENT AND MODERN
  THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT ROME
  
  THE RELIGION OF
  ANCIENT ROME
  By
  CYRIL BAILEY,
  PEZ.LOW AND TUTOR OF BALLIOL
  LONDON
  ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE &f CO LTD
  1907
  
  T and A Cotf^TAStB, Printers to His Majesty
  
  I WISH
  to
  express my warm
  thanks
  to
  Mr. W Warde
  Fowler
  for
  his
  kindness
  in reading my proofs, and for many valu-
  able hints and suggestions.
  C. B
  BALLIJOL
  Jan m\ 190J.
  
  CONTENTS
  CHAP
  PA(jB
  i
  INTRODUCTION
  SOURCES AND SCOPE
  1
  ii
  THE
  ' A^ECEDENTS* OF ROMAN RELIGION
  4
  in
  MAIN FEATURES OP THE RELIGION OP NUMA
  12
  iv
  EARLY
  HISTORY OF ROME
  THE AGRICULTURAL
  COMMUNITY
  01
  v
  WORSHIP OF THE HOUSEHOLD
  36
  vi
  WORSHIP OF THE FIELDS
  .
  ,
  58
  vii
  WORSHIP OF THE STATE
  .
  75
  vin. AUGURIES AND AUSPICES
  ,
  96
  ix
  RELIGION AND MORALITY
  CONCLUSION
  103
  
  THE EELIGION OF ANCIENT HOME
  CEAPTEB
  I
  INTRODUCTION
  SOURCES AND SCOPE
  THE conditions of our knowledge
  of the native
  religion of early Kome may perhaps be best illus-
  trated by a parallel from Koman archaeology.
  The
  visitor to the Boman Forum at the 