ANCH2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Castalian Spring, Divination, Anzio
Week 10 Lecture
Roman Imperial Religion
Virgil:
Mixing the old and the new
Greek and Etruscan epics
Series of battles
Rome’s capital – allows to explore the oldest and natural features of the landscape
Just focuses on the natural – use of the idea of hero founders of Rome
Give different depictions of Rome
Fides (faith), virtue (virtus), Concordia and terminus (boundary) – personified concepts
Pax deorum (peace with the gods) – through sacrifice, divination, piety, votives
Don’t have many old statues before the late Republic
Cicero:
Most important for narrative against the Aeneid
Often supercilious fashions
Goes into detail of who is in charge in the first century BC
Upper class – praises the higher citizens – have the responsibility of maintaining peace with
the gods
Good religion and good politics – should maintain a republic
Calendar:
Antium – earliest to survive
Incorporated into religious system
With Pompy and Marcus Lucinius Crassus (no rich man could ever surpass us)
F after each day of the week for courts, if it’s when public work can be done (C), (N) when no
public work can be done, NP (great public festival)
Caesar and Augustus:
Stops with the model set by Augustus
Made out as a hero
Melds Roman religion and mythology
Also domestic and private religion with devotional practices
Idea of the snake
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Document Summary
Rome"s capital allows to explore the oldest and natural features of the landscape. Just focuses on the natural use of the idea of hero founders of rome. Fides (faith), virtue (virtus), concordia and terminus (boundary) personified concepts. Pax deorum (peace with the gods) through sacrifice, divination, piety, votives. Don"t have many old statues before the late republic. Most important for narrative against the aeneid. Goes into detail of who is in charge in the first century bc. Upper class praises the higher citizens have the responsibility of maintaining peace with the gods. Good religion and good politics should maintain a republic. With pompy and marcus lucinius crassus (no rich man could ever surpass us) F after each day of the week for courts, if it"s when public work can be done (c), (n) when no public work can be done, np (great public festival) Also domestic and private religion with devotional practices.
