The Romans sincerely believed they were the most pious men in the world and owed their hegemony to their special relationship with the gods: so they felt in deep distrust facing the Hellenistic world, where there was not any religious unity and where philosophical scepticism mixed with the cult of the rulers as gods: so religion could not be an element of mutual understanding between the Roman rulers and their Hellenistic subjects.
Zecchini, G., Religione romana e rapporti internazionali tra III e II secolo a.C., <<POLITICA ANTICA>>, 2022; (12): 221-230 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/233682]
Religione romana e rapporti internazionali tra III e II secolo a.C.
Zecchini, Giuseppe
2022
Abstract
The Romans sincerely believed they were the most pious men in the world and owed their hegemony to their special relationship with the gods: so they felt in deep distrust facing the Hellenistic world, where there was not any religious unity and where philosophical scepticism mixed with the cult of the rulers as gods: so religion could not be an element of mutual understanding between the Roman rulers and their Hellenistic subjects.
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