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The module contains a basic bibliography for those seeking guidance to recent (and a few older) publications in Roman religion, with an emphasis on Anglophone material and books.

Surveys, introductions, textbooks and readers

Ando, C., ed. 2003. Roman religion . Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Beard, M. and J. North eds. 1990. Pagan priests: religion and power in the ancient world. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1990.

Beard, M., J. North, and S. Price. 1998. Religions of Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2 volumes.

Beaujeu, J. 1955. La religion romaine à l'apogée de l'Empire . Paris: Les Belles lettres.

Dumézil, G. 1970. Archaic Roman Religion . Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Ferguson, J. 1980. Greek and Roman religion: a source book . Park Ridge: Noyes Press.

Gordon, R. 1990a. "From Republic to Principate: priesthood, religion and ideology." Beard and North 1990. 179-198.

Gordon, R. 1990b. "The veil of power: emperors, sacrificers and benefactors." Beard and North 1990. 201-231.

Gordon, R. 1990c. "Religion in the Roman empire: the civic compromise and its limits." Beard and North 1990. 235-255.

MacMullen, R. 1981. Paganism in the Roman Empire . New Haven: Yale University Press.

MacMullen, R. 1984. Christianizing the Roman Empire ( a.d. 100-400) . New Haven: Yale University Press.

Nock, A. D. 1972. Essays on religion and the ancient world. Edited by Z. Stewart. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

North, J. 2000. Roman religion. Greece&Rome, 30. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Rives, J. B. 2007. Religion in the Roman Empire . Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Rüpke, J. 2001. Die Religion der Römer: eine Einführung . Munich: Beck.

Rüpke, J., ed. 2007. A Companion to Roman Religion. Oxford: Blackwell.

Rüpke, J. 2007. Religion of the Romans . Translated and edited by Richard Gordon. Malden, MA: Polity.

Scheid, J. 1985. Religion et piété à Rome . Paris: Decouverte.

Scheid, J. 2003. An introduction to Roman religion . Translated by Janet Lloyd. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Warde Fowler, W. 1911. The religious experience of the Roman people, from the earliest times to the age of Augustus. London: MacMillan.

Wissowa, G. 1912. Religion und Kultus der Römer . 2nd edition. Munich: C. H. Beck.

The calendar

Fink, R. O., A. S. Hoey and W. F. Snyder. 1940. "The Feriale Duranum." Yale Classical Studies , 7. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Michels, A. K. 1967. The calendar of the Roman Republic. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Radke, G. 1990. Fasti Romani. Betrachtungen zur Frühgeschichte des römischen Kalenders. Münster: Aschendorff.

Rüpke, J. 1995. Kalendar und Öffentlichkeit: die Geschichte der Repräsentation und religiösen Qualifikation von Zeit in Rom . Berlin: de Gruyter.

Divination

Parke, H. W. 1988. Sibyls and Sibylline prophecy in classical antiquity. New York: Routledge.

Rosenberger, V. 1998. Gezähmte Götter: das Prodigienwesen der römischen Republik. Stuttgart: Steiner.

Rosenberger, V. 2005. "Prodigien aus Italien: geographische Verteilung und religöse Kommunikation." Cahiers Glotz 16, 235-257.

Festivals

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Source:  OpenStax, Tools of the trade: bibliographies for roman studies. OpenStax CNX. Mar 23, 2011 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11220/1.6
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