Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.16.1, pp. 27-44
 
Roman Paganism under the Antonines and Severans
by Richard M. Krill, Toledo, Ohio

Contents

I. Introduction 27
II. Eastern Cults 30

1. Cybele and Attis

30

2. Isis and Sarapis

32

3. Atargatis and Syrian Baals

34

4. Mithras

37

5. Lesser Cults

39
III. How and Why the Eastern Cults Spread 39
IV. Syncretism 41
V. Writers of the Period 42
VI. Conclusion 43
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