lararium

• “Even little details of daily life -- a wooden toy doll from childhood, a lararium (household shrine) with its effigies of family ancestors, a phallic amulet worn as protection against evil -- are based on Roman artifacts.”

  Love Among the Ruins

• “Christ Himself, and the Emperor Alexander Severus [A.D. 222-235] placed the figure of Christ in his lararium alongside of those of Abraham,”

  New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments

• “A tolerant Roman, like Alexander Severus, set statues of Apollonius, Christ, Abraham, Orpheus, "and others of that sort," in his lararium; and many today are inclined to make a similar religious combination.”

  Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking

• “Sometimes incense might be added, and later a libation of wine: when images had become common, the little statuettes of Lares and Penates would be fetched from the shrine (_lararium_) and placed upon the table in token of their presence at the meal.”

  The Religion of Ancient Rome

• “He placed in his private oratory (lararium) images of Abraham and Christ before those of other renowned persons, like Orpheus and Apollonius of Tyana (Vita Alex., xxix); he tolerated the free exercise of the Christian faith”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock

• “Alexander placed in his lararium the images of Abraham and Christ.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon

• “Armed with all these necessaries, he made his way back to the lararium without again crossing the peristylium where the soldiers were assembled.”

  "Unto Caesar"

• “In the lararium, O praefect," replied the soldier without hesitation.”

  "Unto Caesar"

• “With the proclamation of pardon rolled up tightly and hidden within the folds of his tunic, Taurus Antinor led the way out of the lararium.”

  "Unto Caesar"

• “First of all, the Roman emperors gave plenty of liberty to the new religion from time to time; and some of them, moved by a sort of religious syncretism, even tried to ally it with the official worship of the empire, and to place Christ and Jupiter on the steps of the same _lararium_.”

  Pagan and Christian Rome

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