Sacra privata – Gods and Men

The religion of ancient Rome, unlike our modern view, was not concerned with morality or metaphysics. It consisted of a strict observance of a set of sacred ritual acts.

In Rome, the term " sacra " referred to the ceremonies of worship and, by extension, the worship itself. These worships could have a purely Roman origin or, on the contrary, be imported to Rome or practiced by the populations that were part of the Roman Empire.

In their daily lives, the Romans divided their religious practice between private and public worship: the sacra privata and the sacra publica .