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The Matter of the Gods: Religion and the Roman Empire

By Clifford Ando ’90
Posted on September 24, 2008

(University of California Press)

In this study of the Romans and their gods, the author argues that the Romans acquired knowledge of the gods through observation of the world, and modified their rituals in light of what they learned. Ando is a professor of classics, history, and the college at the University of Chicago professor.

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