Roman Religion
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...which was the nucleus of the religion of ancient Rome, was essentially...sing., numen ), existed in natural objects and controlled human...earliest period of Roman state religion, Jupiter , Mars , and Quirinus...tolerant of new gods and religions (provided that no harm was...when the old basis of Roman religion had lost much of its importance...