Man in the Roman Street

by Harold Mattingly

Book Overview

This book looks at the changing attitudes and beliefs of the Roman people throughout the Empire from the accession of Augustus in 27 B.C. to the death of Theodosius the Great in 395 A.D. Religion, in which 'the human mind found its main activity, ' is treated in depth: its distinctive features, the interplay between the traditions of Greece and Roman and the other religions of the East and West, the 'virtues' or 'powers' existing independently of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039300337X
• ISBN13: 9780393003376
• Release Date: May 1966
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.7"