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1. Rome's religious history : Livy, Tacitus and Ammianus on their gods

   Davies, Jason P.

   Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

   This book explores the way in which three ancient historians, writing in Latin, embedded the gods into their accounts of the past. Although previous scholarship has generally portrayed these writers as somewhat dismissive of traditional Roman religion, it is argued here that Livy, Tacitus and Ammianus saw themselves as being very close to the centre of those traditions. The gods are presented as a potent historical force, and a close reading of the historians' texts easily bears out this conclusion. Their treatment of the gods is not limited to portraying the role and power of the divine in the unfolding of the past: equally prominent is the negotiation with the reader concerning what constituted a 'proper' religious system. Priests and other religious experts function as an index of the decline (or restoration) of Rome and each writer formulates a sophisticated position on the practical and social aspects of Roman religion.

2. Rom : Shicksal einer Stadt, 312-1308

   Krautheimer, Richard, 1897-1994

   Munich : C.H. Beck, 1987.

3. Istoriia na Drevniia Rim

   Mashkin, N. A. (Nikolaĭ Aleksandrovich), 1900-1950

   Sofii͡a : Nauka i izkustvo, 1949.

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1. The world as known to the ancients

   Müller, Karl, of Paris

   1873

   Relief shown by hachures. At head of map: Dr. William Smith's Ancient atlas. 2. From: Atlas of ancient geography, biblical and classical ... / edit...

2. Plan of ancient Rome

   Clarke, W. B.

   1830

   Relief shown by hachures. Includes index, and profile: A comparison of a few of the principal ancient buldings in Rome. Indexed.

3. Tabula itineraria ex illustri Peutingerorum Bibliotheca quae Augustae Vindel. Est [copy 2, sheet 1]

   1619

   Relief shown pictorially. Text on verso of first sheet. Each segment has caption title,Tabulae Peutingerianae segmentum, numbered from 1-8, with in...