Superstizione e magia nell'antica Roma

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A Rome tormented by the choices to be made in the immediate future. This fifth book in the series deals with a less rational aspect of ancient Rome, the one linked to beliefs and superstitions in which the Romans believed with conviction. Alongside a powerful, conquering Rome with a strong practical spirit, we discover a much more insecure Rome, made up of a population tormented by indecisions about the choices to make, about moving in the right way to ensure that the future can be the best possible. A Rome attentive to signs and superstitious. A Rome that was very careful in trying to understand the signs it received from the divinities, which used an infinite number of superstitious and apotropaic gestures, which feared (but practiced) the magical arts, as well as the figures of witches, vampires and werewolves. A very superstitious Rome even in the use of certain words, very attentive to the influence of numbers and astral symbolism. Legacy still relevant. But what is most striking about this analysis is the large quantity of inherited beliefs and superstitions, still absolutely alive in contemporary Italian society, which demonstrate how certain eras of the past are not so far from the current one. The first five books of the "Mysterious Rome" series bear the signature of Maria Cristina Martini, passionate and scholar of her hometown, once again in the role of author as well as publisher.

subjects: Amulets,  Anna Perenna,  Magical arts,  Haruspex,  Astrology,  Augur,  Canidia,  Beliefs,  Definitions,  Dipsas anus,  Divination,  Holiday,  Apotropaic gestures,  Superstitious gestures,  Pompous day,  Ominous day,  Influence of the stars,  Influence of numbers,  Werewolves,  Magicians,  Magic,  Curses,  Change shape,  Odd numbers,  Even numbers,  Number 17,  Propitious objects,  Oracle,  Omens of misfortune,  rites,  Propitiatory rites,  Sabba,  Saga,  Signs,  Astral symbolism,  Simon the magician,  Witch,  Sorcerers,  Strigae,  Superstitions,  Talismans,  Vampires,  Venefic,  Versipelles

Places: Rome (Italy)