The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism.
Publisher: Dover Pubns
Published: June 1980
Language: eng; und
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780486203218
Subjects: Religion; Religions; Rome; Paganism
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.