Religion

4 09, 2017

What’s the Lupercalia? Roman holidays – Religion

By |2019-02-14T08:10:07-08:00September 4th, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on What’s the Lupercalia? Roman holidays – Religion

The decorated ceiling of the cave where people may have celebrated the Lupercalia, under the Palatine Hill in Rome. Februa parties in February In the time of the kings of Rome, [...]

4 09, 2017

Juno the Roman god – Roman religion

By |2019-10-20T15:12:17-07:00September 4th, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Juno the Roman god – Roman religion

Juno the Roman god Who was Juno? Juno was Jupiter's wife and sister for the Romans, the way Hera was Zeus's wife for the Greeks. Because the Romans and the Greeks were both descended from Central Asian Indo-Europeans, Hera and [...]

4 09, 2017

Roman Imperial Cult – Roman religion

By |2019-09-11T05:24:18-07:00September 4th, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Roman Imperial Cult – Roman religion

Imperial cult: The Roman general Pompey Worshipping rulers as gods The Roman general Pompey conquered West Asia around 50 BC. He was embarrassed to find that people there were worshipping him as a god. Who [...]

3 09, 2017

Philemon and Baucis – Ovid’s Metamorphoses

By |2018-04-25T10:20:25-07:00September 3rd, 2017|Literature, Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Philemon and Baucis – Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Just a loaf of bread This is a story we only know because Ovid wrote it down in his poem, the Metamorphoses. It might be a traditional Greek story, but we don't know [...]

25 08, 2017

Cerveteri – Etruscan tomb architecture

By |2019-03-12T05:05:23-07:00August 25th, 2017|Architecture, Religion|Comments Off on Cerveteri – Etruscan tomb architecture

A street in the Etruscan cemetery at Cerveteri An Etruscan cemetery The Etruscans (ee-TRUSS-cans) of Northern Italy believed that it was important to keep cemeteries well separated from where people lived. You [...]

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