Religion, Institutions and Society in Ancient Rome

By opposing sectarian discourses with the universal weapons of history, philology and anthropology, in short, the entire arsenal of science and reason, the history of religions of the past enables us to deflate modern myths, and not only those of others but also our own. It allows us to identify the...

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Main Author: John Scheid (auth)
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Language:English
Published: Collège de France 2013
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