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The Religious Experience of the Roman People / From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus

W. Warde Fowler

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 491 pages

These Gifford Lectures from 1909–10 survey the development and decline of the religion of the Roman city-state, from earliest times to Augustus. W. Warde Fowler wrote them as accessible essays for a general audience, tracing public cult, festivals, and changing beliefs. They offer a readable introduction to Roman religious life and its place in society.

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Opening of the book

THE

RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE

OF THE

ROMAN PEOPLE

FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE

AGE OF AUGUSTUS

THE GIFFORD LECTURES FOR 1909-10

DELIVERED IN EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY

BY

W. WARDE FOWLER, M.A.

FELLOW AND LATE SUB-RECTOR OF LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXFORD

HON. D.LITT. UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

AUTHOR OF 'THE ROMAN FESTIVALS OF THE PERIOD OF THE REPUBLIC,' ETC.

"Sanctos ausus recludere fontes"

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON

1911

TO

PROFESSOR W.R. HARDIE

AND

MY MANY OTHER KIND FRIENDS AND FRIENDLY HEARERS

IN EDINBURGH

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Contents

  1. RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
  2. ROMAN PEOPLE
  3. W. WARDE FOWLER, M.A.
  4. PROFESSOR W.R. HARDIE
  5. PREFACE
  6. CONTENTS
  7. INTRODUCTORY
  8. WORKS ON ROMAN HISTORY
  9. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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