WARRIOR, V. M., — Roman Religion.

Cambridge University Press, 2006. XVII,165p. richly ills.(B&W as well as full colour photographs and line drawings). Paperback. Series: Cambridge Introduction to Roman Civilization. 'W. covers all the necessary bases, including the nature of the Roman gods and the forms of Roman worship; divination, prayer, sacrifice, and the relationship among them; private, domestic worship; public cult and priesthoods; the calendar and festivals; foreign cults; magic; emperor worship; Judaism and Christianity. Each chapter opens with a few epigraphs drawn from literary sources, and many more quotations (mostly from late Republican and early Imperial texts) are woven into the discussion. In some key instances, W. draws on inscriptional evidence as well. These passages are well chosen, and the synthesis W. offers of them is generally sound. (...) In sum, Roman Religion is not the definitive, comprehensive introduction to Roman religion that the scholars in the field and publishers are seeking. It is instead an attractive brief overview of the main topics readers new to the Roman world will want to understand about Roman religion.' (CELIA E. SCHULTZ in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2007.02.32).