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"For just as mankind is made up of body and soul, so all our acts and

pursuits partake of the nature either of the body or of the mind.
Therefore notable beauty and great riches, as well as bodily
strength and all other gifts of that kind, soon pass away,
but the splendid achievements of the intellect, like
the souls, are everlasting."
Sallust The War with Jugurtha II.1-111
 

Although there are literally hundreds of texts and treatises on Roman Religion, the books listed here are recommended for their primary contributions to this site and in our continuing research and practices. Most of the titles listed here are available for purchase through our commission agreement with Amazon.com. Purchasing your books through this site helps support the efforts of the Temple of Religio Romana. Please note that some titles listed here are out of print and may be obtained in used condition only.
 

• The Religion of the Etruscans, Nancy Thomson de Grummond (Editor) and Erika Simon (Editor), University of Texas Press, Feb. 2006
   

• An Introduction to Roman Religion, John Scheid, Indiana University Press, 2003
   

• Dictionary of Roman Religion, Lesley Adkins & Roy A. Adkins, Facts on File, Inc., 1996
   

• Oxford Classical Dictionary, Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth, Oxford University Press, 1996
   

• Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome by Lesley Adkins & Roy A. Adkins, Facts on File, Inc., 1994
   

• Fasti, Ovid, trans. Betty Rose Nagle, Indiana University Press, 1996
   

• The Gods of Ancient Rome: Religion in Everyday Life from Archaic to Imperial Times, Robert Turcan, trans. Antonia Nevill, Routledge, 2000
   

• Religions of Rome: Volume 1 A History, Mary Beard, John North and Simon Price, Cambridge University Press, 1998
   

• Religions of Rome: Vol. II A Sourcebook, Mary Beard, John North, and Simon Price, Cambridge University Press, 1998
   

• Pagan Priests: Religion and Power in the Ancient World, Mary Beard and John North, Cornell University Press, 1990
   

• De Agri Cultura (On Agriculture), Cato and Varro, Loeb Classical Library, 1934
   

• De Divinatione (On Divination), Cicero, trans. W. A. Falconer, Loeb Classical Library, 1923
   

• Roman Religion: A Sourcebook, Valerie Warrior, Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company, November 1, 2002
   
• The Myths of Rome, T. P. Wiseman, University of Exeter Press, 2004

   

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• De Natura Deorum (The Nature of Gods), Cicero, trans. Horace C.P. McGregor, Penguin Books, 1972
   

• Archaic Roman Religion, George Dumezil, trans. P. Krapp, Chicago University, Chicago, 1970
   

• Festivals and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic, H. H. Scullard, Thames & Hudson, London, 1981
   

• The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic, W.W. Fowler, MacMillian, London 1899
   

• The Cults of the Roman Empire (Ancient World), Robert Turcan, trans. Antonia Nevill, Blackwell Publishers, December 1996
   

• Continuity and Change in Roman Religion,  John Hugo Liebeschuetz, Clarendon Pr, June 1979
   

• History of Pagan Europe, Prudence Jones and Nigel Pennick, Routledge, 1995
   

• The Beginnings of Rome, T. J. Cornell, Routledge, NY, 1995
   

• Roman and European Mythologies, Y. Bonnefoy, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1992
   

• The Religions of the Roman Empire, Ferguson, J. R., Thames and Hudson, 1970
   

• The Birth of Western Civilization, Michael Grant, Mc-Graw Hill, 1964
   

• The Roman Mind, M. L. Clarke, W. W. Norton & Company, 1968

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• Metamorphoses Books I-VIII, Ovid, translated by Frank Justus Miller,  Loeb Classical Library, 1999
   

• Metamorphoses Books IX-XV, Ovid, translated by Frank Justus Miller, Loeb Classical Library, 1999
   

• The Aeneid I-VI, Virgil, translated by H. R. Fairclough, Loeb Classical Library, 1999
   

• The Aeneid VII-XII, Virgil, translated by H. R. Fairclough, Loeb Classical Library, 1999
   

• Catullus Poems, translated by James Michie, Wordsworth Editions Limited, 1998
   

• Naturalis Historia (Natural History), Pliny the Elder
   

• History of Rome: Volumes 1-XIV, Livy, Loeb Classical Library, 1951
   

• Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume I Books I-V, Valerius Maximus, Loeb Classical Library, 2000
   

• Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume II Books VI-IX, Valerius Maximus, Loeb Classical Library, 2000
   

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• Parallel Lives. Plutarch, Beradotte Perrin (translator). Harvard University Press, June 1, 1988
   

• On the Gods, Sallustius.
   

• Ab Urbe Condita, Livy
   

• Roman Augury and Etruscan Divination, P. Regell, Arno Press, NY, 1975.
   

• Roman Augury & Etruscan Divination, Edited by: W. R. Connor, Ayer Company Publishers, Inc., 1979
   

• Classical Living: Reconnecting with the Rituals of Ancient Rome, Frances Bernstein, PHD, HarperCollins, 2000
   

• Hellenistic Philosophy: Introductory Readings: Second Edition, Inwood, Brad and L. P. Gerson, Indianapolis: Hacket, 1997
   
• Roman Cookery: Ancient Recipes for Modern Kitchens; Mark Grant, Serif, 1999
   
• The Roman Cookery of Apicius: A Treasure of Gourmet Recipes and Herbal Cookery, John Edwards, Hartley and Marks Inc, 1984
   
• Cassell's Latin Dictionary, D. P. Simpson M.A., Wiley Publishing Inc., 1977

 The following works of Cicero: 

• Pro Roscio Amerino

• Pro Ligario

• Pro Caelio

• Pro Balbo

• Pro Rege Deitaro 

• Pro Quintctio

• De Imperio Cn. Pompeii 

• Pro Flacco 

• Pro Sestio 

• Pro Sulla 

• Pro Fonteio 

• Pro Plancio 

• Pro Murena 

• In Verrem 

• Pro Caecina 

• Pro Caelio 

• Pro Archia

• In Vatinium 

• Pro  Philippica 

• De re publica 

• Tusculan Disputations

• De Amicitia

• De Natura Deorum

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Additional Reading

• Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World, John G. Gager, Oxford University Press, 1992

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