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Flower has accomplished a great feat by encapsulating in one invaluable text the many facets of the Lares cults and their relationship with Romans as joyous guardians intended for the benefit of all Roman people. ---Candace R. Macintosh, Classical Review Not only will this be an indispensable starting pointfor anyone working on any topic connected with the lares, it also constitutes a valuable model for one highly effective way to study religion in a world without 'religion'. ---James B. Rives, Bryn Mawr Classical Review In The Dancing Lares and the Serpent in the Garden: Religion at the Roman Street Corner, Harriet I. Flower displays a formidable grasp of historical detail and a taste for scholarly disputes. Her book is superbly produced and richly illustrated in color with maps and photographs. ---Marina Warner, New York Review of Books Detailed, absorbing and beautifully illustrated . . . this is a book that demands, and deserves, serious engagement. ---T. P. Wiseman, Times Literary Supplement Winner of a 2018 Charles Goodwin Award of Merit, Society for Classical Studies This important book provides a comprehensive treatment of the lares, the ancient Roman household gods, in all the contexts in which they are well-documented, revealing them to be much more significant than conventionally understood. Harriet Flower has yet again identified a neglected aspect of Roman life and produced a definitive treatment that illuminates an extraordinary range of further areas. --Catherine Steel, University of Glasgow Harriet Flower's book is important for understanding the history of ancient Roman religion and the late republic. Above all, it is original and convincing in stressing the ubiquitous and pervading character of the cult of the lares in Rome and a number of other places in the Roman world. --J rg R pke, University of Erfurt, Germany

Not only will this be an indispensable starting pointfor anyone working on any topic connected with the lares, it also constitutes a valuable model for one highly effective way to study religion in a world without 'religion'.---James B. Rives, Bryn Mawr Classical Review In The Dancing Lares and the Serpent in the Garden: Religion at the Roman Street Corner, Harriet I. Flower displays a formidable grasp of historical detail and a taste for scholarly disputes. Her book is superbly produced and richly illustrated in color with maps and photographs.---Marina Warner, New York Review of Books This important book provides a comprehensive treatment of the lares, the ancient Roman household gods, in all the contexts in which they are well-documented, revealing them to be much more significant than conventionally understood. Harriet Flower has yet again identified a neglected aspect of Roman life and produced a definitive treatment that illuminates an extraordinary range of further areas. --Catherine Steel, University of Glasgow Harriet Flower's book is important for understanding the history of ancient Roman religion and the late republic. Above all, it is original and convincing in stressing the ubiquitous and pervading character of the cult of the lares in Rome and a number of other places in the Roman world. --J rg R pke, University of Erfurt, Germany Detailed, absorbing and beautifully illustrated . . . this is a book that demands, and deserves, serious engagement.---T. P. Wiseman, Times Literary Supplement

Detailed, absorbing and beautifully illustrated . . . this is a book that demands, and deserves, serious engagement. --T. P. Wiseman, Times Literary Supplement

In The Dancing Lares and the Serpent in the Garden: Religion at the Roman Street Corner, Harriet I. Flower displays a formidable grasp of historical detail and a taste for scholarly disputes. Her book is superbly produced and richly illustrated in color with maps and photographs.---Marina Warner, New York Review of Books This important book provides a comprehensive treatment of the lares, the ancient Roman household gods, in all the contexts in which they are well-documented, revealing them to be much more significant than conventionally understood. Harriet Flower has yet again identified a neglected aspect of Roman life and produced a definitive treatment that illuminates an extraordinary range of further areas. --Catherine Steel, University of Glasgow Harriet Flower's book is important for understanding the history of ancient Roman religion and the late republic. Above all, it is original and convincing in stressing the ubiquitous and pervading character of the cult of the lares in Rome and a number of other places in the Roman world. --J�rg R�pke, University of Erfurt, Germany Detailed, absorbing and beautifully illustrated . . . this is a book that demands, and deserves, serious engagement.---T. P. Wiseman, Times Literary Supplement

Detailed, absorbing and beautifully illustrated . . . this is a book that demands, and deserves, serious engagement.---T. P. Wiseman, Times Literary Supplement Detailed, absorbing and beautifully illustrated . . . this is a book that demands, and deserves, serious engagement. --T. P. Wiseman, Times Literary Supplement

Winner of a 2018 Charles Goodwin Award of Merit, Society for Classical Studies Detailed, absorbing and beautifully illustrated . . . this is a book that demands, and deserves, serious engagement. ---T. P. Wiseman, Times Literary Supplement In The Dancing Lares and the Serpent in the Garden: Religion at the Roman Street Corner, Harriet I. Flower displays a formidable grasp of historical detail and a taste for scholarly disputes. Her book is superbly produced and richly illustrated in color with maps and photographs. ---Marina Warner, New York Review of Books Not only will this be an indispensable starting pointfor anyone working on any topic connected with the lares, it also constitutes a valuable model for one highly effective way to study religion in a world without 'religion'. ---James B. Rives, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Flower has accomplished a great feat by encapsulating in one invaluable text the many facets of the Lares cults and their relationship with Romans as joyous guardians intended for the benefit of all Roman people. ---Candace R. Macintosh, Classical Review Flower's meticulous investigation of the Roman lares is a formidable undertaking that reveals these gods as the unsung epicentre of Roman religion. . . . Ultimately, then, what emerges from F.'s study is a deeper appreciation of the calculated religious significance of the Augustan brand. ---Heidi Wendt, Journal of Roman Studies Engagingly written and accessible, this book will appeal to a wide range of scholars and students interested in the nexus of religion, social class, and politics and definitely should be read by all who have an interest in Roman religion. ---Lora J. Holland, Religious Studies Review

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Harriet I. Flower is professor of classics at Princeton University. She is the author of Roman Republics (Princeton), The Art of Forgetting: Disgrace and Oblivion in Roman Political Culture, and Ancestor Masks and Aristocratic Power in Roman Culture. She is also the editor of The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic.

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