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| Title: | Divination & Portents in the Roman World
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| Author: | Robin Lorsch Wildfang & Jacob Isager (eds) |
| ISBN: | 8778384621 : 9788778384621 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 140x215mm |
| Pages: | 79 |
| Weight: | .162 Kg. |
| Published: | University Press of Southern Denmark (Odense University Press) - January 2000 |
| List Price: | 11.75 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Fortune-telling & divination: Ancient Rome |
The ancient Romans believed that the gods sent signs of future events to men through the flight of birds, meteorological disturbances and other natural phenomena. These signs influenced every sphere of ancient life, both public and private, from a state’s decision to go to war or make peace, hold an election or meet a public crisis to an individual’s business, marriage or travel plans. The book illustrates how the various Roman divinatory techniques were inter-woven into the structures of ancient society as well as how they were used in literary contexts. The intriguing question of the alleged doublethink among the Roman intellectuals in their attitude to Divination is another important theme taken up in "Divination & Portents in the Roman World".
Preface; Cicero's Stand on Prodigies: A Non-existent Dilemma?; Omens in Tacitus' Histories I-III; The Propaganda of Omens: Six Dreams Involving Augustus; "The Truth without Nonsense": Remarks on Artemidorus' Interpretation of Dreams; Fulgura et Fulmina: Or What it Portends to When the Family Tomb is Struck by a Fulmen Quod Decussit.
