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1 - The Temples of Castor and Pollux

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2021

Amber Gartrell
Amber Gartrell
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University College London
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The city of Rome was filled with temples which would have often been the most obvious manifestation of the cults they housed. Roman temples were religious locations, containing the statues of the deities and their altars, where priests performed rituals, and where worshippers might come to beg a boon from the gods, to fulfil a vow and to give a dedication in thanks for their aid. However, this was not their exclusive purpose, as temples also possessed other functions from the political and cultural spheres.

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The Cult of Castor and Pollux in Ancient Rome
Myth, Ritual, and Society
 , pp. 29 - 73
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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