concept
devotio
The self-consecration by which a Roman vowed his own life, with the enemy, to the gods of the underworld for his people's victory.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 5 §41 they devoted themselves for the fatherland
The self-consecration by which a Roman vowed his own life, with the enemy, to the gods of the underworld for his people's victory.
- The History of Rome, Book 9 §10 self-devotion
The rite by which a general vowed his own life and the enemy to the underworld gods, exemplified by the Decii.