Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: October 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781592443734
Subjects: Ancient - Rome; History; Religion - Commentaries / Reference
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.