Sibylline Books Are Compiled
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Government and Politics, Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing, Religion, Ethics, Mythology, Folklore
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Saints, Prophets, Legends, Myths, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Women’s History, Italian History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Italy
- Date: c. 525
Article abstract: The Sibylline Books were developed early in Roman history as a means of state divination and as a senatorial mechanism for effecting collective religious responses to critical situations.
Summary of Event
The Sibylline Books were a collection of oracles written in Greek hexameters that were carefully guarded in ancient Rome and were consulted in times of great distress as a result of war, famine, pestilence, or other public calamity.
The Sibyls, from whom the adjective “Sibylline” is derived, were women oracles who gave...
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