Part five considers Roman ideology and exegesis. Part four describes the priests and priestesses - who they were, how they were trained and for what functions - and the gods and demi-gods of the Roman pantheon. The third looks at the form of religious services including the rites and purposes of sacrifices, and examines when auspices were sought and how they were read. The second describes the religious calendar, diurnal patterns of worship and observance, and the structure of religious space in temples, sanctuaries and sacred places. In the first the author considers the contemporary meaning of religious terms and concepts and the role religion played in the Roman sense of identity and destiny. Written by a leading scholar, it draws on pertinent findings in archaeology and history to explain the meanings of rituals, rites, auspices and oracles, to describe the uses of temples and sacred ground, and to evoke the daily patterns of religious life and observance within the city of Rome and its environs. This is an introduction to religion in Rome during the late republic and early empire.
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