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Roman Pagan Religion
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thumb|200px|Caesar Marcus Aurelius (C.E.161-180) and members of the Imperial family offer sacrifice in gratitude for success against Germanic tribes.
Roman pagan religion consisted of varying imperial and provincial religious practices, which were followed both by the Roman people, as well as those who were brought under its law.
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In their delineation and explanation, Dumézil once again hammers home one of his major themes: that Roman religion can be understood only in a comparative context, only in relation to other ancient I-E religious systems, and that the most fruitful source of comparative materials is the ancient Indic literature.
The new comparative mythology: an anthropological assessment of the theories of Georges Dumézil by Littleton, C. Scott, 1973, p. 118 , also quoted in Kazanas, N. (2009). Indo-Aryan origins and other Vedic issues. Aditya Prakashan. ch. 3.
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