Roma - ISBN:0312328311

Roma

Date: 11 April 2011, 21:50

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As with all of Saylor's work that takes place in Ancient Rome, ROMA is alive with the details of daily life in Rome that give the book a depth and texture that few authors writing today can rival. One of the more interesting aspects of the book for me is the thread that traces the development of the Roman religion. The religion is officially founded when cousins Potitius and Pinarius (friends of Romulus and Remus) erect the first altar to Hercules (in gratitude for killing the cannibal giant Cacus who menaced their hillside hamlet). They learn to read omens and begin a long line of priests who can predict the outcome of an enterprise by examining the entrails of a sacrificial animal. Later the sect of the Vestal Virgins with their sacred laws given by the Sibyl becomes part of Roman life and still later other foreign deities and their rites are imported from conquered territories. These foreign deities include the "Great Mother" Cybele with her eunuch priests and Bacchus, whose rites are celebrated with drunken orgies.
ROMA is a thrilling emotional roller coaster ride that also offers intellectual and philosophical depth. I loved this extremely textured work and feel privileged to have been among the first people to read a book that I believe will be beloved by millions. Five stars.

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