Salvete, omnes! ... I thank you much, Erici, for that useful bit of information! It has some relevance to a question I've been csasually researching for a...
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Nick Ford
gens_moravia@...
Oct 1, 2000 4:05 pm
Coreligionibus salutem ... I think I read somewhere (I wish I could remember where) that the shift was prompted by a political scam - during the civil wars, if...
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Julia
cybele@...
Oct 1, 2000 10:39 pm
Salvete Omnes, ... My thanks... I figured something of that sort was likely. One source I found merely said that it was by decree of the Roman Senate in...
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Lykaion1@...
Oct 2, 2000 12:11 am
Salvete, I am very sorry for my tardiness in responding. This will be a very long post, for I will try to respond to several replies without cluttering up the...
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gmvick32@...
Oct 2, 2000 12:27 am
The problem I have with this is it relies on scientific, philosophical and theological concepts that weren't known to Rome...... Interested parties, at least...
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Lykaion1@...
Oct 2, 2000 12:57 am
Jeez Livia... You saw the title, knew it was a continuation of the previous discussion, and opened it on your own accord. No one held a gun to your head and...
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Fortunatus
labienus@...
Oct 2, 2000 1:48 am
Salvete First, while I am enjoying this conversation, I can certainly understand the opinion that it is off-topic and should be moved off-list. If you are...
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gmvick32@...
Oct 2, 2000 1:59 am
My pardons, Fortunatus..... OK, keep going with it, and I'll just ignore it....just one observation....is it necessary to perpetuate the discussion in BOTH the...
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Fortunatus
labienus@...
Oct 2, 2000 2:11 am
Salve Livia Cornelia ... No pardon necessary. You're certainly well within your rights to complain. I was primarily trying to ellicit opinions from the rest...
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Lykaion1@...
Oct 2, 2000 2:44 am
Salvete, The question of whether or not this particular topic of God and the universe is inapproprate for this list may well be moot soon, as I doubt any side...
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Marcus Traianus Valer...
marcustrajanvalerius@...
Oct 2, 2000 3:43 pm
RE:--- Razenna <razenna@...> Salve, May I just take a moment to say, WELL SAID! “In my opinion the Immortals are pleased when we give them their...
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Julia
cybele@...
Oct 3, 2000 1:12 am
Salvete omnes! ... In honest response to this expression of surprise, I offer simply a conviction on limited personal experience that well-worn reaching for ...
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Gaius Metellus Caladus
websurfer07@...
Oct 4, 2000 4:45 am
Salvete omnes, I recently purchased the Adkin's "Dictionary of Roman Religion" and was somewhat disappointed. It's very brief and sketchy. It's more of a...
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Julia
cybele@...
Oct 4, 2000 3:53 pm
Salvete Omnes! At 09:45 PM 10/03/00 , Caladus wrote: I would like to know what books any of the members here would recommend for information on the roman...
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Antonio Grilo
amg@...
Oct 4, 2000 4:40 pm
Salvete omnes This is one of the dies comitiales (C), when committees of citizens can vote on political or criminal matters. Today is the Ieiunium Cereris...
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Razenna
razenna@...
Oct 5, 2000 12:00 am
Salvete. I must agree with you, G. Metellus, about Adkins and Adkins. I find it very useful, but you have fairly described it. I consider the Oxford...
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gmvick32@...
Oct 5, 2000 1:10 am
I also agree that both Adkins and Adkins and the Oxford Classical Dictionary are light on detailed information. Not that they necessarily are supposed to be: ...
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Gaius Metellus Caladus
websurfer07@...
Oct 5, 2000 4:28 am
... Dictionary are ... Adkins and ... shelf as my ... one of all ... book, "Classical ... the classical ... researched ... wandering around ... hot dog ... ...
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Antonio Grilo
amg@...
Oct 6, 2000 12:48 pm
Salvete omnes Yesterday I was unavailable, but here is the religious posting. *********************************************** This is one of the dies...
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gmvick32@...
Oct 7, 2000 4:26 am
Salvete Omnes! I have a question. Looking at the list of priests in Nova Roma, I see no priesthood provided for Minerva. Minerva was part of the (second)...
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Nick Ford
gens_moravia@...
Oct 7, 2000 10:41 am
Salutem As always, I am grateful to Graecus and his fellow Pontifices for their excellent and informative daily posts on religious observance. ... While I...
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gmvick32@...
Oct 7, 2000 6:27 pm
Salvete Omnes: With all respect, I'm not sure of the special signification to Flora and Venus on October 5 (or immediately following), that makes the...
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razenna@...
Oct 7, 2000 9:43 pm
Salvete. Someone more adept at words will, hopefully, chime in and put it better, but... Roma antigua actually did not have a State priesthood of Minerva ...
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gmvick32@...
Oct 7, 2000 9:49 pm
So a flamen is specifically a State priest??? (A lightbulb goes off in Livia's head, watch out for flash burns) There is a priesthood set up for Iuno however,...
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StormWolf
blakmice@...
Oct 7, 2000 11:59 pm
I don't believe I've posted more than a few letters here and I apologize for that. I enjoy reading the various discussions. I was wondering, however, if anyone...
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Julia
cybele@...
Oct 8, 2000 9:29 am
Salve Amici ! ... Jane Harrison's works may be a little dated but have a wealth of information. I recommend _Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion_ , a...
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Julia
cybele@...
Oct 8, 2000 9:47 am
corrected link (I hope) <http://home.pon.net/rhinoceroslodge/thiasos.htm> IVLIA COCCEIA vel CYBELE, Materfamilias Gentis Iuliae, * SACERDOS MAGNAE MATRIS...
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Maurice Lefebvre
cornelius_scriptor@...
Oct 8, 2000 3:07 pm
... It's not as simple as that. The Flamens and the Vestals are much more ancient than Rome. Most of Rome's religious elements comes from Alba Longua, and so...
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Nick Ford
gens_moravia@...
Oct 8, 2000 3:15 pm
Coreligionibus salutem ... Yes, insofaras the offices of the flamines were assumed to have been instituted by the legendary King Numa Pompilius, Rome's second...
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Nick Ford
gens_moravia@...
Oct 8, 2000 3:15 pm
... From: <NICKAIOS@...> To: <ReligioRomana@egroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 2:27 PM Subject: [ReligioRomana] (sans sujet) ... for...
