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It provides detailed information to the reader on the who's, what's, why's, how's and wherefore's of the Roman deities and provides a solid reference base for you to incorporate them into your daily life and personal religious practices. It provides the reader with a comprehensive listing of documented prayers from antiquity on many different topics, gathered together in one place by deity, and provides a separate section for you to construct and record your own prayers to the divine. Inside your will find information on: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirectory of the Gods and Goddesses of Rome\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDii Consentes Overview\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDii Familiaris Overview\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDii Indigetes Overview\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDii Novensiles Overview\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDii Inferi Overview\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Roman Pantheon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Aesculapius\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Apollo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Ceres\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Diana\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Dii Inferi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Faunus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Hecate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Hercules\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Isis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Janus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Juno\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Jupiter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to the Lares, Manes et Penates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Magna Deum Mater Idae\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Mars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Mercurius\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Minerva\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Neptunus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Pales\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Pater Liber\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Priapus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Robigo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Tellus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Terminus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Venus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Vesta\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrayers to Vulcanus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Section for Prayers You Have Written\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Differing from the Greek religious thought, the ancient Romans believed that achieving a peaceful and harmonious balance in society-from the individual life to the household to the state-required maintaining a positive relationship with the gods and goddesses to achieve that equilibrium, as the gods and goddesses walked among us daily. Each person was responsible for doing their part, whatever that part was. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As Symmachus believed, religious ideals, beliefs and practices varied among all individuals, just as it did with cities, and that there were many pathways to the divine. We all look up and see the same skies and same stars, the same sun and moon govern our days and nights, and we all experience and walk through the same countryside. As we all seek the divine, it matters not which pathway we follow, but that we follow a pathway. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eTHANK YOU for shopping with us. Your purchase will help support novaroma.org in preserving the heritage of the Western World \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author, \u003cb\u003eLucius Vitellius Triarius\u003c\/b\u003e, aka Chip Hatcher, is a Graduate (cum Laude) in Political Science, focusing in Ancient Mediterranean Political Systems, from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and resides in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in Eastern Tennessee. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He is also a member of Nova Roma (www.novaroma.org), the global Roman Reconstruction project, advocating the \u003cb\u003evia Romana\u003c\/b\u003e, or \u003ci\u003eRoman Way\u003c\/i\u003e, where he serves as a Provincial Governor and Senator of Nova Roma. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Roman Way is the study and practical application of \u003ci\u003e\"Romanitas\"\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003e\"mos maiorum\"\u003c\/i\u003e, the revival of all aspects of Roman life, culture, virtues, ethics and philosophies in our everyday lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It is as part of the mos maiorum that citizens are expected to take up Roman names for use within the society. Learning Latin, the language of Roman culture, is also an equally important step towards becoming a modern Roman. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e One of the cornerstones of \u003ci\u003eRomanitas\u003c\/i\u003e are the \u003cb\u003eRoman virtues\u003c\/b\u003e; those qualities which define the ideal state of being and behavior of the Roman citizen. These age old precepts guided the Roman Republic for centuries, and after being somewhat forgotten in the technology, hustle, and bustle of the modern age, are finding their way back into the hearts, minds, and homes of many people today. They are the foundation of a good and wholesome society, and should be consistently used to further advance the knowledge, behavior and ethics of our children and succeeding generations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He believes that we must remember and preserve the good parts of the past in the present, so that others will remember it in the future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eTHANK YOU for shopping with us. 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