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Books
Religions of Rome by Mary Beard, John North and Simon Price (Cambridge University Press 1998)) - many general histories of Rome include some discussion of religion, but this is perhaps the most up-to-date (and readable) specialist study of the topic
The Roman Cult of Mithras: The God and his Mysteries by Manfred Clauss, translated by Richard Gordon (Edinburgh, 2000)
English Heritage Book of Roman Britain by Martin Millett (Batsford, 1995) - the chapter on religion provides a start on the religions of Roman Britain
The Later Roman Empire AD 284-430 by Averil Cameron (Fontana History of the Ancient World, 1993) - general discussion, and suggestions for further reading
About the author
Dr. Nigel Pollard is Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Wales, Swansea, and author of Soldiers, Cities and Civilians in Roman Syria (University of Michigan Press 2000). He has taught Roman history and archaeology in universities in the UK and USA and done archaeological field research in Britain, Italy, Tunisia, Egypt and Syria.
