Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781564595379
Subjects: Oriental religions; Religion: general; History; Religion - World Religions; Religion
First sentence: WE are fond of regarding ourselves as the heirs of Rome, and we like to think that the Latin genius, after having absorbed the genius of Greece, held an intellectual and moral supremacy in the ancient world similar to the one Europe now maintains, and that the culture of the peoples that lived under the authority of the Caesars was stamped forever by their strong touch.