| ||||||||||||||||||
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Old Standard Text on Roman Religion,
By Jennifer Hunt (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Romans And Their Gods In The Age Of Augustus (Paperback)
Ogilvie's brief text on this subject has been the definitive text on Roman religion for decades. Using extensive primary sources (all in translation)as examples, he demonstrates his thorough understanding of how the Romans worshipped, as well as how they thought about their religion during the Age of Augustus (covering the period from roughly 80 BCE and 60 CE). Chapters include The Gods, Prayer, Sacrifice, Divination, The Religious Year, Private Religion, The Priests, and Religion in the Time of Augustus. Of particular interest is Ogilvie's presentation of private religion, a topic many more scholarly texts seem to overlook. His focus tends less toward a sterile look at Roman mythology, and more toward a vibrant overview of what Romans believed (or not, as the case may be), as well as how they worshipped both privately and within the state religion. Of particular interest are Ogilvie's speculations as to what "went wrong" with Roman religion as their world expanded, absorbing countless influences and values from other civilizations, and ultimately, failing to provide for the basic spiritual sustenance of the individual.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good overview of the Roman Gods!,
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: The Romans And Their Gods In The Age Of Augustus (Paperback)
A great book for anyone who is interested in the Roman religion and its influence upon Roman society. The author, a former Classics professor at Oxford University, bases much of his work on original material from Roman historians as he examines the significance of religion in Rome between the period 80 BCE and 69 ACE. While Romans and Their Gods is a scholastic work, it is written in a conversational style (perhaps taken from the author's student lectures), and easy and pleasant to read.
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Gods of the Romans,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: The Romans And Their Gods In The Age Of Augustus (Paperback)
Excellent information, well laid out. Great book for the library, the student, and those interested in mythology.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
LATIN poetry is studded with the names of gods and Roman works of art, in particular the great public monuments, like the Altar of Peace with its magnificent sculptures dedicated by Augustus in 13 B.C., regularly depict religious scenes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
religious year, rex sacrorum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Julius Caesar, Roman Empire, Vestal Virgins, Res Gestae, Valerius Maximus, Arval Brethren, Palatine Hill, Natural History, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Aulus Gellius, Mars Ultor, Secular Games, Juno Lucina, Anna Perenna, Sibylline Books, Golden Age, Circus Maximus, New Year, Civil Wars, Servius Tullius, David West, Campus Martius Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
LATIN poetry is studded with the names of gods and Roman works of art, in particular the great public monuments, like the Altar of Peace with its magnificent sculptures dedicated by Augustus in 13 B.C., regularly depict religious scenes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
religious year, rex sacrorum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Julius Caesar, Roman Empire, Vestal Virgins, Res Gestae, Valerius Maximus, Arval Brethren, Palatine Hill, Natural History, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Aulus Gellius, Mars Ultor, Secular Games, Juno Lucina, Anna Perenna, Sibylline Books, Golden Age, Circus Maximus, New Year, Civil Wars, Servius Tullius, David West, Campus Martius Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
20
books
cite this book:
See all 20 books citing this book
- The Roman World 44 BC-AD 180 (The Routledge History of the Ancient World) by Martin Goodman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Roman World 44 BC-AD 180 (The Routledge History of the Ancient World) by Martin Goodman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Problem with Evangelical Theology: Testing the Exegetical Foundations of Calvinism, Dispensationalism, and Wesleyanism by Ben Witherington III in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Ancient Romans by Chester G. Starr in Back Matter
- Conflict and Community in Corinth: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians by Ben Witherington on page 294
See all 20 books citing this book
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
|
|
