Religion in Republican Rome

Jorg Rupke is Fellow in Religious Studies at the Max Weber Center at the University of Erfurt. He is author or editor of several books, including Religion of the Romans.

Introduction 1. The Background: Roman Religion of the Archaic and Early Republican Periods 2. Institutionalizing and Ordering Public Communication 3. Changes in Religious Festivals 4. Incipient Systematization of Religion in Second-Century Drama: Accius 5. Ritualization and Control 6. Writing and Systematization 7. The Pontifical Calendar and the Law 8. Religion and Divination in the Second Century 9. Religion in the Lex Ursonensis 10. Religious Discourses in the Second and First Centuries: Antiquarianism and Philosophy 11. Ennius's Fasti in Fulvius's Temple: Greek Rationality and Roman Tradition 12. Varro's tria genera theologiae: Crossing Antiquarianism and Philosophy 13. Cicero's Discourse on Religion 14. Greek Rationality and Roman Traditions in the Late Republic Notes Bibliography Index Locorum General Index Acknowledgments

"A tightly argued but panoramic vision of the history of religion in Republican Rome. Building on over a decade of publications in this area, this book provides a new picture of the relationship between religion and society in the period between the fourth century B.C.E. and the Augustan monarchy." (American Journal of Philology) "An erudite and fascinating book, and a very serious contribution to our understanding of the Roman republic." (Jeffrey Tatum, Victoria University of Wellington) "This study is the most recent contribution to the area of Roman Republican religion by one of the most significant historians of that field in the 21st century. Drawing on the observations of Max Weber and Wolfgang Schluchter, Ruepke presents a brilliant, erudite argument that Roman Republican religion evolved through a process of rationalization that began in the fourth century B.C.E. and culminated with the rise of the Principate in the first century B.C.E." (Choice)