Download or read book Isis and Sarapis in the Roman World written by Sarolta A. Takacs and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isis and Sarapis in the Roman World deals with the integration of the cult of Isis among Roman cults, the subsequent transformation of Isis and Sarapis into gods of the Roman state, and the epigraphic employment of the names of these two deities independent from their cultic context. The myth that the guardians of tradition and Roman religion tried to curb the cult of Isis in order to rid Rome and the imperium from this decadent cult will be dispelled. A closer look at inscriptions from the Rhine and Danubian provinces shows that most dedicators were not Isiac cult initiates and that women did not outnumber men as dedicators. Inscriptions that mention the two deities in connection with a wish for the well-being of the emperor and the imperial family are of special significance.

Download or read book Emperor and Serapis written by Georg Ebers and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Secret History of Dreaming written by Robert Moss and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dreaming is vital to the human story. It is essential to our survival and evolution, to creative endeavors in every field, and, quite simply, to getting us through our daily lives. All of us dream. Now Robert Moss shows us how dreams have shaped world events and why deepening our conscious engagement with dreaming is crucial for our future. He traces the strands of dreams through archival records and well-known writings, weaving remarkable yet true accounts of historical figures who were influenced by their dreams. In this wide-ranging, visionary book, Moss creates a new way to explore history and consciousness, combining the storytelling skills of a bestselling novelist with the research acumen of a scholar of ancient history and the personal experience of an active dreamer.

Download or read book The Emperor written by Georg Ebers and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The English Version of Jesus Chrestus written by Sirpa Montonen and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus Chrestus tells about Jesus Christ, who established Christianity in Rome instead of Judea, despite of all beliefs. Jesus as a name was in its original form Isus, which was used by a male high priest of Isis' temple. Jesus Chrestus tells the truth on Christianity and its birth story in the city of Rome.

Download or read book The Monist written by Paul Carus and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 2 and 5 include appendices.

Download or read book Select Works of the Emperor Julian written by Julian (Emperor of Rome) and published by . This book was released on 1784 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Emperor Commodus written by John S. McHugh and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historical biography goes beyond popular legend to present a nuanced portrait of the first century Roman emperor. Commodus, who ruled over Rome from 177 to 192, is generally remembered as a debaucherous megalomaniac who fought as a gladiator. Ridiculed and maligned by historians since his own time, modern popular culture knows him as the patricidal villain in Ridley Scott’s film Gladiator. Much of his infamy is clearly based on fact, but John McHugh reveals a more complex story in the first full-length biography of Commodus to appear in English. McHugh sets Commodus’s twelve-year reign in its historical context, showing that the ‘kingdom of gold’ he supposedly inherited was actually an empire devastated by plague and war. Openly autocratic, Commodus compromised the privileges and vested interests of the senatorial clique, who therefore plotted to murder him. Surviving repeated conspiracies only convinced Commodus that he was under divine protection, increasingly identifying himself as Hercules reincarnate. This and his antics in the arena allowed his senatorial enemies to present Commodus as a mad tyrant—thereby justifying his eventual murder.

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Download or read book A Dictionary of the Roman Empire written by Matthew Bunson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinarily rich cultural legacy of the Roman world has had a profound affect world civilization. Roman achievements in architecture, law, politics, literature, war, and philosophy serve as the foundation of modern Western society. Now, for the first time in an A-Z format, A Dictionary of the Roman Empire assembles the people, places, events, and ideas of this remarkable period in one easy-to-use source. With over 1,900 entries covering more than five hundred years of Roman history, from Julius Caesar and the Gallic Wars (59-51 B.C.) to the fall of Romulus Augustus, the last Roman emperor (476 A.D.), this accessible guide provides quick reference to one of the most studied periods of all antiquity. Every aspect of Roman life is included. Here are profiles of the great emperors, such as Marcus Aurelius, one of the most profoundly intellectual monarchs in western civilization, and the aberrant Gaius Caligula, who, after draining the Roman treasury with his eccentric behavior, made it a capital crime for citizens not to bequeath him their estates. Informative entries describe the complex workings of Roman government, such as census taking, the creation of civil service, coinage, and the venerable institution of the Senate, and offer insight into the various trends and cultural tastes that developed throughout Roman history. For example, a discussion on baths, the most common type of building in the Roman Empire, demonstrates the unique intermingling of luxury, community, recreation, and, in the provinces, an association with Rome, that served as the focus of any city aspiring to greatness. Other entries describe the practice of paganism, marriage and divorce, ludi (public games held to entertain the Roman populace), festivals of the Roman year, and gluttony (epitomized by famous gourmands such as the emperor Vitellius, who according to the historian Suetonius, lived for food, banqueting three or four times a day, routinely vomiting up his meal and starting over). Also featured are longer essays on such topics as art and architecture, gods and goddesses, and the military, as well as a chronology, a short glossary of Roman terms, and appendices listing the emperors of the Empire and diagram the often intertwined family trees of ruling dynasties. Comprehensive, authoritative, and illustrated with over sixty illustrations and maps, A Dictionary of the Roman Empire provides easy access to the remarkable civilization upon which Western society was built.

Download or read book The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire written by Edward Gibbon and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire for the Use of Families and Young Persons written by Edward Gibbon and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Gibbon s History of the decline and fall of the Roman empire repr with the omission of all passages of an irreligious or immoral tendency by T Bowdler written by Edward Gibbon and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Mysteries written by Joseph Campbell and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays by Julius Baum, C. G. Jung, C. Kerényi, Hans Leisegang, Paul Masson-Oursel, Fritz Meier, Jean de Menasce, Georges Nagel, Walter F. Otto, Max Pulver, Hugo Rahner, Paul Schmitt, and Walter Wili.