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The Roman Household Cult (Lares and Penates)

The daily domestic worship of the household's guardian spirits — the Lares of the home and the Penates of the storeroom — at the family shrine (lararium), led by the paterfamilias.

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  1. Quaestiones Romanae
    Chaeronea · 120
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