Apuleius, Metamophorses (c. 160 C.E.)—The only complete Latin novel that survives, the Metamorphorses better known by its popular title The Golden Ass, tells the story of how Lucius, who is too interested in black magic for his own good, is inadvertently changed into a donkey. It ends with an autobiographical account of how Lucius was transformed by the goddess Isis into a man again who stands for Apuleius himself, and is initiated into the cult of Isis who had saved him.

Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato "Censorius"), De Agri Cultura ("On Agriculture"; c. 160 B.C.E.)—Cato's handbook on how to farm for profit contains a great deal of information about Roman religion and superstition as well as the sacrificial rites which a farmer must know to keep the favor of the gods.

Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero), De Natura Deorum...