Roman Resources

[gelman66]

Re: Roman Resources

The Golden Ass is really fascinating as well. Deals with the Cult of Isis and is the only Ancient Roman novel to survive in its entirety

[thalassa]

On the web:

Roman Festivals and worship
*Parentalia and Feralia
*state sacrifice in Rome
*basics of offerings at home
*Foxglove and Firmitas' A Modern Fasti Blog posts


Roman Pantheon and Deities
*Thalia Took's Obscure Goddess Online Directory--Roman Goddesses, Etruscan Goddesses
*Anna Perenna
*some popular deities
*a longer but not complete list of Roman deities
*Info and myths about the Roman pantheon


Roman History
*about.com's ancient history page for Rome (very basic info)
*a brief bit of history about Roman religion
*Christianity comes to Rome (part of the PBS Frontline series, From Jesus to Christ)
*basics of roman religion (the site is good for specific topics on greek and roman history)
*PBS Empires series (Roman Empire)
*basic religious info, plus other history


Modern Practitioners
*Nova Roma
*ADF's Roman info (while ADF is traditionally though of as being Druid, its actually focused on any Indo-European or proto-Indo-European religion)
*Numinism


ERRATA
*A modern Cerealia
*a reading list
*recreating the hairdo of the vestal virgins



In Print (aka Thalassa's booklist)
An introduction to Roman religion
Paganism in the Roman Empire
The Last Pagans of Rome
God against the Gods
The Last Pagan (about Julian the Apostate)
The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization
Religions of Rome, vol 1 and vol 2
Religion of the Etruscans
The Etruscans
The Rise of Rome
Getting Started with Latin
Wheelock's Latin 7th ed (there are also workbooks)
A history of Private Life from Rome to Byzantium
Mystery Cults of the Ancient World
Archaic Roman religion vol 1 and vol 2

(also worth consideration, the writings of Livy, Tactius, Julius Caesar, Virgil, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, etc)

REsources for kids (Momma Thal's booklist and websites)
books:
Ancient Rome
Roman Myths
Latin for beginners
First thousand words in latin
Minimus (super cute kids Latin curriculum)
See inside ancient rome
weblinks:
BBC primary school history site



(I have more, but its past my bedtime for now)