CLST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Aphrodite Urania, Vestal Virgin, Temple Of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
30 Mar 2017
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Rome was based around seven ancient hills and it"s in the old region of latium in the peninsula of italy. Religio practices/ actions relating to human relationship with divine powers . Personifications of places, objects, practices more abstract. Numina are these divine spirits the nodders . Janus (doorways), robigo (rust and mold), flora (plant life), Rich variety of potential deities with a larger spectrum. Roman religion is then different from greece with different myths. Genius gens spirit of the (male) family. Object of worship that the head of the family would possess and pass on. Because you were not supposed to worship living people. Certain objections kept in the centre of the home representing safety, good fortune, protection of food. Lares dead ones a neighbourhood of ancestral spirits. Represent the spirits of household or neighbourhoods. Shrines for sacrifice to them lararium.
