- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Note to the Reader
- Abbreviations
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2 Periodicals, Monographs, and Works of Reference - Introduction: Religion, Law and Knowledge in Classical Rome
- Introduction to Part I: Historiography and Method
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1 On Comparison -
2 Polis-Religion and its Alternatives in the Roman Provinces - Introduction to Part II: Religious Institutions and Religious Authority
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3 From Republic to Principate: Priesthood, Religion and Ideology -
4 A Feature of Roman Religion - Introduction to Part II: Ritual and Myth
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5 The Ludi Saeculares and the Carmen Saeculare -
6 Cults, Myths, and Politics at the Beginning of the Empire - Introduction to Part IV: Theology
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7 The Theological Efforts of the Roman Upper Classes in the First CenturyBc -
8 Hierarchy and Structure in Roman Polytheism: Roman Methods of Conceiving Action - Introduction to Part V: Roman and Alien
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9 Religious Toleration in Republican Rome -
10 A Religion for the Empire - Introduction to Part VI: Space and Time
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11 Loca Sancta -
12 A Complex of Times: No More Sheep on Romulus’ Birthday - Introduction to Part VII: Continuity and Change, from Republic to Empire
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13 Roman State Religion in the Mirror of Augustan and Late Republican Apologetics -
14 The Historical Development of Roman Religion: An Overview - Chronology
- Biographical Dictionary
- Glossary
- Guide to Further Reading
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction to Part IV: Theology
Introduction to Part IV: Theology
- Chapter:
- (p.141) Introduction to Part IV: Theology
- Source:
- Roman Religion
- Author(s):
Clifford Ando
- Publisher:
- Discontinued
What is this great benefaction that Varro boasts he has performed for his fellow citizens? He claims not merely to name the gods whom the Romans ought to worship, but even to specify the particularities of each one. For it does no good, he says, to know the name and appearance of a man who happens to be a doctor, if one does not know that he is a doctor. Likewise, he says that it does you no good to know that Aesculapius is a god, if you do not know that he helps the sick and therefore remain ignorant why you should supplicate him…So, he asserts, no one can doubt but that knowl-edge of the gods is useful, if it embraces what special strength and ability each god has, and what is that thing over which each has power (...
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Note to the Reader
- Abbreviations
-
2 Periodicals, Monographs, and Works of Reference - Introduction: Religion, Law and Knowledge in Classical Rome
- Introduction to Part I: Historiography and Method
-
1 On Comparison -
2 Polis-Religion and its Alternatives in the Roman Provinces - Introduction to Part II: Religious Institutions and Religious Authority
-
3 From Republic to Principate: Priesthood, Religion and Ideology -
4 A Feature of Roman Religion - Introduction to Part II: Ritual and Myth
-
5 The Ludi Saeculares and the Carmen Saeculare -
6 Cults, Myths, and Politics at the Beginning of the Empire - Introduction to Part IV: Theology
-
7 The Theological Efforts of the Roman Upper Classes in the First CenturyBc -
8 Hierarchy and Structure in Roman Polytheism: Roman Methods of Conceiving Action - Introduction to Part V: Roman and Alien
-
9 Religious Toleration in Republican Rome -
10 A Religion for the Empire - Introduction to Part VI: Space and Time
-
11 Loca Sancta -
12 A Complex of Times: No More Sheep on Romulus’ Birthday - Introduction to Part VII: Continuity and Change, from Republic to Empire
-
13 Roman State Religion in the Mirror of Augustan and Late Republican Apologetics -
14 The Historical Development of Roman Religion: An Overview - Chronology
- Biographical Dictionary
- Glossary
- Guide to Further Reading
- Bibliography
- Index
