The Oriental Religions in Roman PaganismCumont, Franz
Religion
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
Cumont, Franz
Paganism -- Rome; Religions; Rome -- Religion
Augustine, St., 71, 202, 220 n. 15, 275 n. 47.
Augustus, 39, 111, 135, 187, 261 n. 5, 280 n. 80;
and Diocletian, 3;
and the Egyptian religion, 82;
Reforms of, 38.
Aurelian, 114f., 124, 205, 252 n. 59.
Aust, Emil, xii.
Autun, 57.
Avesta, 142.
Aziz, 113.
Baal, x, 22, 84, 114, 118, 123, 130, 248 n. 43;
and Saturn, 21;
different from Jehovah, 131;
Mystics of, 41.
_Ba'al samin_, 127, 131, 151, 256 nn. 69, 70; 264 nn. 25, 29.
Baalat, 118, 123, 248 n. 43.
Babylon, Astrology of, 151;
Confession of sin in, 222 n. 31;
Cosmology of, 220 n. 15;
Influence of in Persia, 146;
Influence of in Syria, 122;
Judaism and, 123.
See also "Chaldeans."
Bacchus, 282 n. 12;
and Attis, 69.
Balmarcodes, 110.
Baltis, 113.
Bambyce, Lady of, 122.
Baptism, Mithraic, 157;
Taurobolium compared to, 70.
Bardesanes of Edessa, 144.
Beirut, 110f., 192.
Bel, 32, 115, 123f.;
Ahura Mazda and, 146.
Bellona, 54.
Beneventum, Iseum of, 233 n. 35.
Berosus, 31, 163, 176.
Bethels, 116. See also "Litholatry."
Bidez, Joseph, 213 n. 1.
Boethius, 211.
Book of the Dead, 90.
Borsippa, 122.
_Bronton, Zeus_, 226 n. 24.
Brotherhoods, 58. See also "Fraternity."
Bryaxis, 76.
Bubastis, 230 n. 9.
Byzantium, 141;
Astrology in, 170.
Cadiz, Isis of, 96.
_Caelestis, Jupiter_, 128.
_Caelus_, 128, 130, 175;
Jupiter, 147.
See also "Sky" and "Zeus Ouranios."
Calendars, 173;
Alexandrian, 84.
Caligula, 55, 84, 198.
Campus Martius, Iseum of, 233 n. 35.
_Cannophori_, 56.
Cappadocia, 112f.
Caracalla, 84.
Carneades, 166.
Carnuntum, 150.
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_Carpentum_ of Cybele, 225 n. 20.
Catacombs, 65, 226 n. 23.
Catasterism, 173.
Cato, 105.
Catullus, 49.
Chaeremon, 273 n. 24.
Chaldean astrology, 199;
cosmology, 133;
oracles, 124, 202, 226 n. 29, 251 n. 55.
Chaldeans, 105, 122, 124, 170, 187, 267 n. 39.
Chalybes, 147.
Chastity, 40.
Cheremon, 87.
China, 141.
Chiron, 173.
_Christi, Militia_, xxff.
Christian liturgy, Pagan prayer in, 218 n. 17;
monotheism, 134;
theology and astrology, 260 n. 89.
Christianity, and heliolatry, 288 n. 30;
and paganism, xviff., 202ff., 288 n. 29;
Hellenistic influence on, 214 n. 8;
opposed to astrology, 167;
opposed to science, 283 n. 17;
Resemblance to, xxiii;
Triumph of, xi, 19, 85.
See also "Church."
Christmas, xvii.
Church, Fathers of the, xviii, 14;
militant, xix.
Cicero, 164.
Claudius, 55.
Cleanthes, Hymns of, 217 n. 17.
Clothing of souls, 269 n. 54.
Commagene, 112f., 139, 146f.
Commodus, 39, 149.
Common origin of ideas, xviii.
Communions in Phrygia, 69.
Communities of initiates, Rise of, 27.
Community and family, 69.
Comte, 206.
Confession of sin, 40;
in Babylonia, 222 n. 31.
Conscience, Influence of Oriental religions on, 28, 35ff., 43.
Constantine, 246 n. 40, 288 n. 30.
Continence, 157.
Cosmology, Babylonian, 220 n.
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