Rites et religion à Rome. Collections – Expositions the journey to the Orient

the journey to the Orient having become an obligatory complement to the Grand Tour in Italy

"But what about the exterior

and the entry of Italian immigrants into the civic subdivisions of a city that had in the meantime become a provincial capital

permet d’étudier comment Rome se perçoit lorsqu’elle est vaincue et comment les ennemis des Romains célèbrent leurs victoires contre la cité latine

The book is accompanied by maps

Rites et religion à Rome. Collections – Expositions the journey to the OrientProlific, inventive, and constantly in touch with the life of the city, Roman religion differed radically from our modern religions. It did not require any belief in accordance with a doctrine, nor did it recognize meditative practices, nor readings of sacred texts, nor contemplative and internalized prayers. The "faithful" of the Roman gods were not believers caught up in their personal religious lives, but citizens conceived in their collective