Paul. 95 31; Plin., N.H. 36.39; Tac., Ann. 17 If we allow only items explicitly identified as sacrificia in Roman sources, our list includes beans,Footnote Greek 82. Greek and Roman Art and Architecture 287L, s.v. Goats and dogs are less common, and we can expand the range of species to include horses and birds if we admit animals that are identified only as the object of immolatio, if not of sacrificium itself.Footnote WebThe ancient Greeks and Romans performed many rituals in the observance of their religion. The tendency is intensified in Christian sources, which discuss pagan sacrifice exclusively in terms of blood sacrifice, distinguishing the shameful blood of animal victims from the sacred blood of Christ.Footnote Schultz Reference Schultz2010: 5202. 14 Looking at Roman sacrifice through the insider-outsider lens lets us see more clearly that, for the Romans, sacrifice was both more and less than it is for many scholars writing about it today. Roman sacrificium is both less and more than the typical etic notion of sacrifice. Difference Between Romans and Greeks As suggested by Bouma Reference Bouma1996: 1.23841. The article is reprinted in McCutcheon Reference McCutcheon1999, a volume that offers in its introductory chapter a very good overview of the insider-outsider problem and that includes a selection of some of the most important scholarly contributions to the debate within the study of religion. Foundational is the collection of essays on Greek sacrifice in Detienne and Vernant Reference Detienne, Vernant and Wissing1989. WebThe first way that Roman is different than Christian is because of there believe in gods. for young animals (including foetal and neonatal specimens),Footnote
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