The Concept of “Religio” in Cicero’s “Verresian”. The Experience of Analysis and Interpretation

This article is devoted to the analysis of the interpretation of the term “religio” used in the speeches known to us by Mark Thulius Cicero “Against Guy Verres” (“Verresiana”, “in verrem”, “Orationes Verrinae”). The works of Cicero are viewed in the context of the historical and political processes that took place in the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC. The lexemes derived from “religio”, their meanings and meanings used in the texts of “Speeches...” and their translations from Latin by V.A. Alekseev and F.F. Zelinsky are systematized. Analysis of the meanings of the word “religio” in Cicero’s “verresian” requires the use of materials from linguistics and a number of other scientific directions: philosophy, sociology, political science, religious studies, etc. “Religio”, their correspondences in the Russian language of the beginning and middle of the XX century were revealed, when the translations of V.A. Alekseev and F.F. Zelinsky were created.