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Jeff Russell ([personal profile] jprussell) wrote 2024-12-10 02:22 pm (UTC)

I agree :) But yes, that's an excellent point that further emphasizes that the Romans took religion plenty seriously for most of their history. Jaan Puhvel's Comparative Mythology also points out that Roman religious ritual was extremely conservative, to the point of keeping doing rituals long after any associated myth was forgotten, which also supports the idea that they took religious practice, which you might call "devotion" very seriously.

Thanks for the kind words!
Jeff

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