Although Roman religious institutions had been studied earlier (by, for example, Barnabé Brissonius, 1583), the differentiation between Greek and Roman religion within antique "heathendom" or "polytheism" was the...

Roman polytheism was the relgion of the Etruscans, Romans, and most of their subjects. The Romans originally followed a rural animistic tradition, in which many spirits were each responsible for specific, limited aspects of the cosmos and human...

Estimates of the population of ancient Rome range from below half a million to as high as one million. The one-million estimate, however, translates to an astoundingly high population density of 72,150 persons per sq km. The half-million estimate, on the other hand, was...

Philip de Souza considers the impact of piracy on Roman economic and political life. THE GREEK HISTORIAN and geographer Strabo, writing around the time of the death of Augustus in AD14, divided the known world into two parts. The better part was...

In ancient Rome, the role of fate and the pantheon of gods were key in lives of people. The Roman system of belief centered upon faceless deities who were present in nature, and ritual and superstition surrounded their worship. Fate was an important concepts at the time.

Examines the Ancient Roman religion and its impact on Roman everyday life. Describes how for the Romans, devotion to the gods and pleasing the gods was a duty, an act of patriotism, an act of service and protection for the community.

An overview of ancient Roman politics, society and religion.