Transcriber's Note:

The close spacing of   NP  in the table on page 89 isrepresentative of the original ligature.


THE RELIGION OF
ANCIENT ROME



By
CYRIL BAILEY, M.A.
FELLOW AND TUTOR OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD





LONDON
ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO Ltd
1907





I wish to express my warm thanks to Mr. W. Warde Fowler for hiskindness in reading my proofs, and for many valuable hints andsuggestions.
C.B.
Balliol College,
Jan 25th, 1907.





CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I.Introduction—Sources and Scope1
II.The ‘Antecedents’ of Roman Religion4
III.Main Features of the Religion of Numa12
IV.Early History of Rome—The Agricultural Community31
V.Worship of the Household36
VI.Worship of the Fields58
VII.Worship of the State75
VIII.Auguries and Auspices96
IX.Religion and Morality—Conclusion103




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THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT ROME
CHAPTER IToC
INTRODUCTION—SOURCES AND SCOPE

The conditions of our knowledge of the native religion of early Romemay perhaps be best illustrated by a parallel from Roman archæology.The visitor to the Roman Forum at the present day, if he wishes toreconstruct in imagination the Forum of the early Republic, must notmerely 'think away' many strata of later buildings, but, we                        
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