Introductory accounts of Roman religion, not in some cases restricted to the Republic, are given by North 2000, Scheid 2003, and Rupke 2001c. Liebeschuetz 1979 remains a reliable and thought-provoking history from the late Republic onwards. Beard, North, and Price 1998 combine a volume of historically arranged systematic chapters with a second volume of selections of translated texts and substantial introductions dealing with different topics. The collection of sources in Warrior 2002 is useful, but lacks a coherent critical framework within which to approach these texts. A critical review and comprehensive bibliography on research in Roman religion has been published by Belayche et al. 2000 and 2003 (to be continued). Ando 2003 offers a collection of articles documenting important and divergent approaches to Roman religion. Very valuable, too, is the collection of articles in Bispham and Smith 2000, discussing new evidence as well as interpretative models. Bendlin’s criticism of the model of polis religion is deepened in Bendlin 2001. Important rituals are discussed in Bergmann and Kondoleon 1999. Feeney 1998 discusses the relationship between late republican and Augustan literature and religion; his points are taken farther in Barchiesi, Rupke, and Stevens 2004. Rawson 1985, a monograph on the intellectual history of the Republic, is valuable for republican religion as are many of her articles, collected in Rawson 1991. Linderski 1995 discusses important augural institutions and the literary sources for them. Most of the republican temples are discussed in Ziolkowski 1992, and individual festivals in
Scullard 1981. For a complete prosopography of Roman priests see Rupke 2005 (English translation forthcoming). For many details on festivals, priesthoods, and rituals, the entries in the Neue Pauly (English translation as Brill’s New Pauly) are useful and supply additional references.
World History
