Fortuna : deity and concept in Archaic and Republican Italy

Fortuna : deity and concept in Archaic and Republican Italy / Daniele Miano.

What is good luck and what did it mean to the Romans? What connections were there between luck and childbirth, victory in war, or success in business? What did Roman statesmen like Cicero and Caesar think about luck? This volume aims to address these questions by focusing on the Latin goddess Fortun...

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Main Author: Miano, Daniele (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Fortuna > (Roman deity)
510-30 B.C.
Fortune > Rome > History.
Goddesses, Roman.
Religion and state > Rome.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION > Antiquities & Archaeology.
Antiquities
Fortune
Goddesses, Roman
Religion and state
Religion.
Rome (Italy) > Antiquities.
Rome > History > Republic, 510-265 B.C.
Rome > History > Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Italy > Rome
Rome (Empire)
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: word and concept
  • The city of Fortuna
  • Fortunae in Italy
  • Archaic Rome
  • Fortuna and the Republic
  • To each his own
  • Fortuna in translation, Fortuna as translation
  • A godless goddess
  • Conclusion: fragmentation and unity.

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