This study offers basic insights into the diversity of prayer in ancient Rome. It examines such diversity as an expression of lived religion, thereby countering common philological and historical approaches (e.g. civic religion). Lived religion elevates the acting individual as the point of departure for analysis, and accordingly, characterizes Roman prayer as the expression of creative practice and religious experience.

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Maik Patzelt, University of Osnabrück, Germany.