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Roman Religion
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1. Definition 1.1.
Distinctions In their classic epoch the Romans clearly distinguished their religion—the
cultus deorum (cult of the gods),
religiones (pl. religions), but also
religio (sing.)—from other parts of their culture. Thus they maintained the difference between
sacer and
profanus (Sacred and Profane),
ius divinum and
ius humanum (divine and human law), and
dies fasti, dies comitiales, and
dies nefasti (days for business, for public assemblies, and for neither). The Romans structured religion from different angles: 1. legally, by nature, place, and time, as w…
