Roman Religion: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World

Edited by Clifford Ando

Introduction: Religion, law, and knowledge in classical Rome Part 1 Historiography and Method 1. On comparison, by Jonathan Z. Smith 2. Polis-religion and its alternatives in the Roman provinces, by Greg Woolf Part 2 Religious institutions and Religious authority 3. From Republic to Principate: priesthood, religion and ideology, by Richard Gordon 4. A feature of Roman religion, by Arthur Darby Nock Part 3 Ritual and Myth 5. The Ludi saeculares and the Carmen Saeculare, by Denis Feeney 6. Cults, myths, and politics at the beginning of the Empire, by John Scheid; translated by Philip Purchase Part 4 Theology 7. The theological efforts of the Roman upper classes in the first century B.C.Arn 8. Hierarchy and structure in Roman polytheism: Roman methods of conceiving action Part 5 Roman and Alien 9. Religious toleration in Republican Rome, by John North 10. A religion for the empireClifford Ando Part 6 Space and Time 11. Loca Sancta, by Sabine MacCormack 12. A complex of times: no more sheep on Romulus' birthday, by Mary Beard Part 7: Continuity and change, from republic to empire 13. Roman state religion in the mirror of Augustan and late Republican apologetics, by Carl Koch; translated by Christopher Barnes 14. The historical development of Roman religion, by Georg Wissowa; translated by Christopher Barnes Chronology Biographical dictionary Glossary