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Clothing in ancient Rome generally comprised a short-sleeved or sleeveless, knee-length tunic for men and boys, and a longer, usually sleeved tunic for women and girls. On formal occasions, adult male citizens could wear a woolen toga , draped over their tunic, and married citizen women wore a woolen mantle, known as a palla , over a stola , a simple, long-sleeved, voluminous garment that ...
Mental illness in ancient Rome was recognized in law as an issue of mental competence, and was diagnosed and treated in terms of ancient medical knowledge and philosophy, primarily Greek in origin, while at the same time popularly thought to have been caused by divine punishment, demonic spirits, or curses. Physicians and medical writers of the ...
The most common religion of ancient Rome in its first centuries was Graeco-Roman polytheism (many gods). The traditional religion of the city of Rome was polytheist. The most important gods were the Capitoline triad , three gods that were worshipped on the Capitoline Hill , Jupiter (the father and king of the gods), Juno (the queen of the gods) and Minerva (the goddess of wisdom ).
Ancient religion may refer to: Prehistoric religion. Paleolithic religion; Neolithic religion; Bronze and Iron Age religion: Religions of the ancient Near East; Ancient Mesopotamian religion; Ancient Egyptian religion; Historical Vedic religion; Ancient Greek religion; Religion in ancient Rome; Ancient Celtic religion; See also. History of ...
Religion in ancient Rome References [ edit ] ^ "the traditional Roman policy, which tolerated all differences in the one loyalty" Philip Hughes , "History of the Church", Sheed & Ward, rev ed 1949, vol I chapter 6.
The Roman imperial cult ( Latin: cultus imperatorius) identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority ( auctoritas) of the Roman State. Its framework was based on Roman and Greek precedents, and was formulated during the early Principate of Augustus. It was rapidly established throughout the Empire ...
Remaining at Rome twelve days he pulled down everything that in ancient times had been made of metal for the ornament of the city, to such an extent that he even stripped off the roof of the church [of the blessed Mary], which at one time was called the Pantheon, and had been founded in honour of all the gods and was now by the consent of the former rulers the place of all the martyrs; and he ...
