On Roman Religion: Lived Religion and the Individual in Ancient Rome

Author/Contributor(s):	Rupke, Jorg
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	04/15/2019
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Was religious practice in ancient Rome cultic and hostile to individual expression? Or was there, rather, considerable latitude for individual initiative and creativity? Jörg Rüpke, one of the world's leading authorities on Roman religion, demonstrates in his new book that it was a lived religion with individual appropriations evident at the...