A community-maintained tertiary reference on Roman religion, directly examined. Its strength is naming a specific documented ritual failure, the restarted Latin festival, as evidence for the exact-formula requirement, and citing Pliny the Elder directly; its limit is a Wikipedia community article rather than a Roman religion monograph, which is why it sits at reliability tier three. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Reliability Tier3
Wikipedia's article on religion in ancient Rome, consulted 2026-08-13. Useful here for the precatio's exact-formula requirement, the magistrate who omitted "the Roman people" and had to restart the Latin festival, Pliny the Elder's verdict that sacrifice without prayer is useless, and the fourth-century CE point at which Christian practice entered the Roman calendar. NotesWikipedia's article on religion in ancient Rome, consulted 2026-08-13. Useful here for the precatio's exact-formula requirement, the magistrate who omitted "the Roman people" and had to restart the Latin festival, Pliny the Elder's verdict that sacrifice without prayer is useless, and the fourth-century CE point at which Christian practice entered the Roman calendar.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_ancient_Rome
Source Typereference
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This source names Pliny directly: "exact-formula requirement, and citing Pliny the Elder directly; its limit is a Wikipedia community article rather than a Roman religion monograph, which is why it sits at reliability tier three."
Source Wikipedia, "Religion in Ancient Rome"Wikipedia contributors
This source names Roman Religion directly: "tertiary reference on Roman religion, directly examined."
Source Wikipedia, "Religion in Ancient Rome"Wikipedia contributors
Claims Backed By This Source (28 claims)
This source backs 28 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 8 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Prayers, 15 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds, 7 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Religions, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Pantheons, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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