The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic
An Introduction to the Study of the Religion of the Romans
The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic, published in 1899, is W. Warde Fowler's guide to the religious year of ancient Rome as recorded in the old calendar. Working month by month from March, the old beginning of the year, he examines each festival: the Lupercalia with its running priests, the Parilia of the shepherds, the Lemuria for the dead, the Vestalia, the Saturnalia and dozens of others, asking what the Romans did on each day, which deity was honored and what the rite meant before the state religion overlaid it. Fowler uses the evidence of Ovid, Varro and the inscribed calendars and admits where it runs out. The book is an introduction to Roman religion before Greek influence transformed it. It is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, with the first chapter free.
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