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.
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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."
This source names Roman Religion directly: "tertiary reference on Roman religion, directly examined."
Claims Backed By This Source (24 claims)
This source backs 24 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 7 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Prayers, 14 claims: 7 well-attested, 7 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
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