. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . ct as the godo( war—for the campaigning season began in the spring—soon overshadowed his worship as a god ot* the farm. Lacking the imagination and artistic feeling of the Hel-lenes, the Italians were unable to give their gods any distincthuman form. The Italian worship was characteristic of thepeople, carried out in accordance with a system of rules,with flxed, set songs and prayers for addressing the gods. 258 THE STORY OF ROME The priests of these gods were state officials, and the re-ligion became a more integral part of t
. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . ct as the godo( war—for the campaigning season began in the spring—soon overshadowed his worship as a god ot* the farm. Lacking the imagination and artistic feeling of the Hel-lenes, the Italians were unable to give their gods any distincthuman form. The Italian worship was characteristic of thepeople, carried out in accordance with a system of rules,with flxed, set songs and prayers for addressing the gods. 258 THE STORY OF ROME The priests of these gods were state officials, and the re-ligion became a more integral part of the state than wasever the case in Greece. The whole religious system of the Italians was at firstinfluenced by the Etruscans. From them the Italianslearned to interpret the will of the gods, by watching theflight of birds, by looking at the movements of the entrailsof animals and fowls which had just been killed, or by thelightning-flash. The Romans were a practical thought that if they carried out their sacrifices exactly *^$ -? ?? **-. Restoration of the Capitolixe Hill in Ancient temple upon the right is that of Jupiter; the one upon the left that of Juno. as the rules demanded, the gods must grant them what theywished. If things turned out badly, they ascribed this tosome mistake in the prayer or offering. They were hard-headed and businesslike, even with the gods. If theycould get the better of the divinities themselves at a bargain,they thought it right to do so. 328. Earliest Form of the Roman State.—When Romewas ruled by kings, the entire citizen body was made up ofthree tribes. This was really a military organization, with atribune, or tribal commander, at the head of each divisionof the fighting citizens. The king was the commander-in-chief of the entire army of the state. Each tribe was dividedinto ten brotherhoods, called curiae. The members ofthese curia? were supposed to be bound together by blood- THE OLD ROMAN STATE 259 tics, lik
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