CLA160H1 Lecture Notes - Calends, Flamen, No Authority
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Cla 310 religion of rome: dunning. What we decide is domestic and civic religion. Roman religion thought as civic, could only worship with other groups of people (in theory) Classic roman example of pietas is aeneas carrying his father and penates from. Atrium hearth, lobby central courtyard: where people would come to do business, focus of the house where women do all the cooking, close to the dining room. Other parts of the house: peristyle (columned garden), cubiculum (bedroom), and oecus (living/dining room: roman decoration permanent and pervading (no part of wall left undecorated) As houses get more developed, they cook less at atrium smelly. Lararium shrine for the household deities (lares: not every household had a shrine. They don"t have distinct stories or names or personalities. Worshipped as a group collective deities. Clothing is flowy, often seen dancing light on their feet (floaty) Hold cornucopia or plain horns (drinking horns)