Dictionary of Roman Religion

by Roy A. Adkins and Lesley Adkins

Book Overview

Long overshadowed by Greek mythology or treated peripherally in general texts on the ancient Roman world, Roman religion is finally accorded its due and set in its full context as no other reference source has done before. While perhaps most familiar in the context of Greek-influenced gods, Roman religious life in fact encompassed a tremendous variety of deities, rites, and belief systems.
From the Celtic god Abandinus to the pagan historian Zosimus,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195142330
• ISBN13: 9780195142334
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.3"