The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. An Introduction to the Study of the Religion of the RomansBy W. Warde Fowler
Length17h 21m
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The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic is a meticulous reconstruction of Rome's sacred year, tracing the meanings, rites, and historical development of festivals from the Kalends of March through the winter celebrations. Fowler combines philology, antiquarian testimony, epigraphy, and comparative ritual analysis to illuminate ceremonies such as the Lupercalia, Parilia, Lemuria, and Saturnalia. Written in a lucid late-Victorian scholarly style, the book belongs to the formative era of modern classical religious studies, when Roman ritual was being examined not merely as mythic ornament but as an institution central to civic life. W. Warde Fowler, an Oxford classicist and Fellow of Lincoln College, brought to the subject a rare union of textual discipline, historical imagination, and sensitivity to religious experience. His wider interests in Roman society, rural life, and the relationship between environment and custom helped him see the festivals as living survivals of agricultural, domestic, and civic practice rather than as isolated antiquarian curiosities. This volume is recommended to readers seeking a learned yet accessible guide to Roman religion before the Empire. Classicists, historians of ritual, and serious students of ancient culture will find it indispensable for understanding how the Roman Republic measured time, community, obligation, and divine presence.
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Length17 hrs 21 mins
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Publish dateDec 1, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Declaration and Address of the Christian Association of Washington (Annotated)
2PREFACE
3ABBREVIATIONS.
4INTRODUCTION
5I. The Roman Method of Reckoning the Year.
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6II. Order of Months in the Year.
7III. The Divisions of the Month.
8IV. The Days.
9V. The Calendars still surviving.
10VI. The Calendar of the Republic and its Religious Festivals.
11Calendar.
12MENSIS MARTIUS
13MENSIS APRILIS
14MENSIS MAIUS
15MENSIS IUNIUS
16MENSIS QUINTILIS
17MENSIS SEXTILIS
18MENSIS SEPTEMBER
19MENSIS OCTOBER
20MENSIS NOVEMBER
21MENSIS DECEMBER
22MENSIS IANUARIUS
23MENSIS FEBRUARIUS
24MENSIS MARTIUS.
25Kal. Mart. (March 1) . NP.
26Non. Mart. (March 7) . F.
27vii Id. Mart. (March 9) . C.
28PRID. ID. MART. (MARCH 14) . NP.
29Id. Mart. (March 15) . NP.
30XVI Kal. Apr. (March 17) . NP.
31Kal. xiv Apr. (March 19) . NP Caer. Vat. N. Maff.
32x Kal. Apr. (March 23) . NP.
33ix Kal. Apr. (March 24) . NP.
34MENSIS APRILIS.
35Kal. Apr. (April 1) . F.
36Prid. Non. Apr. (April 4) . C.
37XVII Kal. Mai. (April 15) . NP.
38iii Id. Apr. (April 11) . N.
39xiii Kal. Mai. (April 19) . NP.
40xi Kal. Mai. (Apr. 21) . NP.
41ix Kal. Mai . (Apr . 23) . FP (CAER .) NP (MAFF .) F (PRAEN .)
42VII Kal. Mai. (April 25) . NP.
43iv Kal. Mai. (apr. 28) . NP.
44v Non. Mai. (May 3) . C.
45Feriae Latinae.
46MENSIS MAIUS.
47Kal. Mai. (May 1.) F.
48VII. Id. Mai. (May 9) . N.
49V. Id. Mai. (May 11) . N.
50III. Id. Mai. (May 13) . N.
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