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The Romans of republican times have traditionally been viewd as a rational and practical people for whom religion was of no real significance. In that view the elaborate Roman system for dealing with prodigies poses a problem, for why should something so apparently irrational and irreligious be inve...

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Main Author: Lisdorf, Anders (Author)
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Language:Danish
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Published: Univ. [2004]
In: Religionsvidenskabeligt tidsskrift
Year: 2004, Volume: 44, Pages: 27-41
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