The Cult of Mithras in the Roman Provinces of Gaul


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Preliminary material /Vivienne J. Walters -- THE SITES OF MITHRAIC SANCTUARIES /Vivienne J. Walters -- THE DEDICANTS OF MITHRAIC MONUMENTS /Vivienne J. Walters -- MITHRAIC REPRESENTATIONS ON POTTERY /Vivienne J. Walters -- MITHRAS AND THE GODS OF GAUL /Vivienne J. Walters -- MITHRAIC INSCRIPTIONS AND MONUMENTS /Vivienne J. Walters -- REJECTED MONUMENTS /Vivienne J. Walters -- MITHRAIC REPRESENTATIONS ON POTTERY /Vivienne J. Walters -- ADDENDUM /Vivienne J. Walters -- INDEXES /Vivienne J. Walters -- LIST OF PLATES /Vivienne J. Walters -- PLATES I-XL /Vivienne J. Walters.




The Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity


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In The Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity David Walsh explores how the cult of Mithras developed across the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D. and why by the early 5th century the cult had completely disappeared. Contrary to the traditional narrative that the cult was violently persecuted out of existence by Christians, Walsh demonstrates that the cult’s decline was a far more gradual process that resulted from a variety of factors. He also challenges the popular image of the cult as a monolithic entity, highlighting how by the 4th century Mithras had come to mean different things to different people in different places.







Roman Cult of Mithras


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Since its publication in Germany, Manfred Clauss's introduction to the Roman Mithras cult has become widely accepted as the most reliable, as well as the most readable, account of its elusive and fascinating subject. For the English edition the author has revised the work to take account of recent research and new archaeological discoveries. The mystery cult of Mithras first became evident in Rome towards the end of the first century AD. During the next two centuries, carried by its soldier and merchant devotees, it spread to the frontier of the western empire from Britain to Bosnia. Perhaps because of odd similarities between the cult and their own religion the early Christians energetically suppressed it, frequently constructing churches over the caves (Mithraea) in which its rituals took place. By the end of the fourth century the cult was extinct.Professor Clauss draws on the archaeological evidence from over 400 temples and their contents including over a thousand representations of ritual in sculpure and painting to seek an understanding of the nature and purpose of the cult, and what its mysteries and secret rites of initiation and sacrifice meant to its devotees. In doing so he introduces the reader to the nature of the polytheistic societies of the Roman Empire, in which relations and distinctions between gods and mortals now seem strangely close and blurred. He also considers the connections of Mithraicism with astrology, and examines how far it can be seen as a direct descendant of the ancient cult of Mitra, the Persian god of contract, cattle and light. The book combines imaginative insight with coherent argument. It is well-structured, accessibly written and extensively illustrated. Richard Gordon, the translator and himself a distinguished scholar of the subject, has provided a bibliography of further reading for anglophone readers.




Hommages à Maarten J. Vermaseren, Volume 2


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Preliminary material /Margreet de Boer and T. A. Edridge -- SARAPIACA I /WILHELM HORNBOSTEL -- A NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE BULL-SLAYING MOTIF /S. INSLER -- ISIS OU LA TYCHÉ D'ALEXANDRIE ? /MARIE-ODILE JENTEL -- LA GRENOUILLE D'ÉTERNITÉ DES PAYS DU NIL AU MONDE MÉDITERRANÉEN /JEAN LECLANT -- UN «PIED DE SARAPIS» À TIMGAD, EN NUMIDIE /MARCEL LE GLAY -- EIN GNOMON AUS EINEM SÜDWEST-DEUTSCHEN MITHRÄUM /WOLFGANG LENTZ and WOLFHARD SCHLOSSER -- STRABO AND THE MEMPHITE TAUROMACHY /ALAN B. LLOYD -- DOCUMENTS NOUVEAUX ET POINTS DE VUE RÉCENTS SUR LES CULTES ISIAQUES EN ITALIE /MICHEL MALAISE -- LES CULTES ORIENTAUX À MICIA (DACIA SVPERIOR) /LIVIU MĂRGHITAN and CONSTANTIN C. PETOLESCU -- LE CULTE DE CYBÈLE DANS LA LIBURNIE ANTIQUE /JULIJAN MEDINI -- VERTRAG UND OPFER IN DER RELIGION DES MITHRAS /R. MERKELBACH -- AGDISTIS OU L'ANDROGYNIE MALSÉANTE /MICHEL MESLIN -- LE DIED SOI-DISANT ANONYME À PALMYRE /ROBERT DU MESNIL DU BUISSON -- UN MONUMENT ÉNIGMATIQUE «DUSARI SACRUM» A POUZZOLES /PAUL G. P. MEYBOOM -- THE CULT OF ORIENTAL DIVINITIES IN CYPRUS: Archaic to Graeco-Roman Times /INO MICHAELIDOU-NICOLAOU -- MARKS, NAMES AND NUMBERS: Further Observations on Solar Symbolism and Ancient Numerology /WALTER O. MOELLER -- SOME NOTES ON THE NAME OF SARAPIS /GERARD MUSSIES -- GEMMES, BAGUES ET AMULETTES MAGIQUES DU SUD DE L'URSS /O. YA. NÉVÉROV -- ORIENTAL DIVINITIES REPRESENTED ON THE CLAY SEALINGS OF PAPHOS, CYPRUS /K. NICOLAOU -- MITHRAIC LADDER SYMBOLS AND THE FRIEDBERG CRATER /HIDEO OGAWA -- ÉLÉMENTS POUR UNE ANALYSE DE PRIAPE CHEZ JUSTIN LE GNOSTIQUE /MAURICE OLENDER -- BETRACHTUNGEN ZUM KULT DES THRAKISCHEN REITERS AUF DEM TERRITORIUM DER VR BULGARIEN /M. OPPERMANN -- MONUMENTS RELATIFS AUX CULTES ÉGYPTIENS À L'ÉPOQUE ROMAINE DU MUSÉE ARCHÉOLOGIQUE DE BARCELONE /J. PADRÓ I PARCERISA and E. SANMARTf-GREGO -- LE CULTE MÉTROAQUE CHEZ LES ALLOBROGES /ANDRÉ PELLETIER -- THE NYMPHS AT POSEIDON'S SANCTUARY /JEANNE MARTY PEPPERS -- NEUE JUPITER-DOLICHENUS WEIHUNGEN AUS VIRUNUM /GERNOT PICCOTTINI -- LISTE DES PLANCHES /WILHELM HORNBOSTEL -- PLANCHES /Margreet de Boer and T. A. Edridge.




Roman Britain


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Roman Britain


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This revised edition of the classic text of the period provides both the student and the specialist with an informative account of post-Roman English society. ...




Die orientalischen Religionen im Römerreich


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Preliminary material /Maarten J. Vermaseren -- EINFÜHRUNG IN DIE GESCHICHTE UND NEUE PERSPEKTIVEN /CARSTEN COLPE -- RÖMISCHE RELIGION UND RELIGIÖSER UMBRUCH /H. S. VERSNEL -- KLEINASIEN HERKUNFTSLAND ORIENTALISCHER GOTTHEITEN /FRIEDRICH KARL DÖRNER -- MITHRAS IN DER RÖMERZEIT /MAARTEN J. VERMASEREN -- ISIS UND SARAPIS /LADISLAV VIDMAN -- ANDERE ÄGYPTISCHE GOTTHEITEN /GÜNTHER HÖLBL -- IUPITER DOLICHENUS /ELMAR SCHWERTHEIM -- JUPITER HELIOPOLITANUS /YOUSSEF HAJJAR -- DIE DEA SYRIA UND ANDERE SYRISCHE GOTTHEITEN IM IMPERIUM ROMANUM /HAN J. W. DRIJVERS -- KYBELE UND ATTIS /GABRIEL SANDERS -- ARTEMIS EPHESIA UND APHRODITE VON APHRODISIAS /ROBERT FLEISCHER -- DER SABAZIOS-KULT /RUDOLF FELLMANN -- MYSTERIEN (IN KULT UND RELIGION) UND PHILOSOPHIE /HEINRICH DÖRRIE -- FRÜHCHRISTLICHE RELIGION /ROELOF VAN DEN BROEK -- AUSEINANDERSETZUNG DES CHRISTENTUMS MIT DER UMWELT /BERNHARD KÖTTING -- GNOSIS /GILLES QUISPEL -- DER MANICHÄISMUS /ALEXANDER BÖHLIG -- DAS JUDENTUM /HANNELORE KÜNZL -- PAPYRI MAGICAE GRAECAE UND MAGISCHE GEMMEN /JACQUES SCHWARTZ -- THRAKISCHE UND DANUBISCHE REITERGÖTTER /MANFRED OPPERMANN -- INDEX /Maarten J. Vermaseren -- VERZEICHNIS DER IM TEXT GENANNTEN GEOGRAPHISCHEN NAMEN (KARTEN I UND II) /Maarten J. Vermaseren -- Geographische Karten I und II /Maarten J. Vermaseren -- ÉTUDES PRÉLIMINAIRES AUX RELIGIONS ORIENTALES DANS L'EMPIRE ROMAIN /Maarten J. Vermaseren.




Roman Britain


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Roman Britain: A Sourcebook has established itself as the only comprehensive collection of source material on the subject. It incorporates literary, numismatic and epigraphic evidence for the history of Britain under Roman rule, as well as translations of major literary sources. This new edition includes not only recently discovered material, but also the texts of Caesar’s commentaries on his expeditions to Britain in 55 and 54 BC, as well as relevant sections of Tacitus’ biography of his father-in-law, former governor of Britain. The inclusion of these pivotal texts, which provide the most detailed account of the Romans campaigns in Britain, significantly underlies the volume’s usefulness to all students of Roman Britain. Though most of the material is arranged chronologically, there are also thematic sections on geography, religion and social and economic activity. Each section is prefaced by an introductory note, and the inclusion of illustrations and maps enhances the attractiveness of this updated collection as a teaching tool and a work of reference.