| Recapitulation of foregoing lectures. Weak point of the organised
State religion: it discouraged individual development. Its
moral influence mainly a disciplinary one; and it hypnotised the
religious instinct.
Growth of a new population at end of regal period, also of trade and
industry. New deities from abroad represent these changes:
Hercules of Ara Maxima; Castor and Pollux; Minerva. Diana
of the Aventine reflects a new relation with Latium. Question
as to the real religious influence of these deities. The Capitoline
temple of Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, of Etruscan origin. Meaning
of cult-titles Optimus Maximus, and significance of this great
Jupiter in Roman religious experience
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