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Cargando... The Roman festivals of the period of the Republic : an introduction to the study of the religion of the Romans (1899)por W. Warde Fowler
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W. Warde Fowler's book gives a detailed commentary on Roman religious festivals for each month of the year, covering both public and non-public worship. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Fowler works his way through the Roman year, beginning with the original first month, March. Using the fragments of calendars that have come down to us, as well as historic and literary references, he attempts to understand the various festivals. He quotes other modern sources, and weighs their arguments. Fowler assumes that the oldest festival were tied to agriculture, and their meaning changed and their importance receded as Rome became a large city. By the end of the Republican era, even the Romans were unsure of the meaning of some of their festivals. He is quite frank that there are limits to our knowledge: "There are festivals within the calendar about which we really know nothing at all, and must frankly confess our ignorance; there are others of which we know just enough to be doubtful ... ."
Although it requires Fowler's polyglot capabilities (or a good library of translations) to get full value from this book, I felt that I learned a great deal even though I could only read the English. ( )