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  • Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans
    Franz Cumont
    Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans by Franz Cumont is a landmark scholarly work that explores the profound influence of astrology on the spiritual and religious life of the ancient Mediterranean world. With deep erudition and clarity, Cumont traces how celestial beliefs shaped the worldview of Greek and Roman societies, weaving astrology into philosophy, myth, r...
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    21,32 €

  • The Mysteries Of Mithra
    Franz Cumont
    The Mysteries of Mithra by Franz Cumont is a classic scholarly work that explores one of the most intriguing religions of the ancient world-the Mithraic cult. Originating in Persia and later spreading throughout the Roman Empire, the worship of Mithra centered around secret rites, underground temples, and symbolic rituals representing the struggle between good and evil. Cumont’...
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    12,23 €

  • The Oriental Religions In Roman Paganism
    Franz Cumont
    The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Franz Cumont is a landmark study that examines how Eastern religions influenced and transformed the spiritual landscape of the Roman Empire. Cumont traces the introduction and spread of deities and cults from the Near East-such as those of Isis, Cybele, Mithra, and Attis-into Roman society, showing how they blended with traditional Ro...
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    19,80 €

  • Astrology And Religion Among The Greeks And Romans
    Franz Cumont
    'Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans' delves into the profound interplay between celestial beliefs and religious practices in classical antiquity. This scholarly work explores how the ancient Greeks and Romans intertwined celestial observations with their spiritual beliefs, shaping both religious rituals and individual destinies. The author meticulously examines ...
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  • Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans
    Franz Cumont
    Franz Cumont shows that astronomical knowledge was developed over time in the ancient Near East, eventually allowing prediction of phenomena such as the location of the planets, the phases of the moon, and eclipses. This knowledge was used as the basis of a religious system which was integrated into Greek and Roman Paganism. This involved worship of the planets and stars and a ...
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    16,71 €

  • After Life In Roman Paganism
    Franz Cumont
    A compelling doorway into a vanished world, After Life In Roman Paganism invites you to step inside the beliefs, rituals, and ideas that shaped the ancient Roman imagination.Franz Cumont’s study stands as a landmark in historical religious study and ancient religion monograph alike, tracing roman afterlife beliefs, funerary rituals roman practices, and the intricate web of myth...
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    20,70 €

  • American Lectures On The History of Religions Series of 1911-1912 Astrology and religion among the Greeks and Romans
    Franz Cumont
    Stars, cults and human urgency: Franz Cumont’s classic inquiry reveals how celestial ideas threaded through ancient belief. Evidence speaks with measured clarity.Astrology and Religion among the Greeks and Romans, part of the American Lectures On The History of Religions Series of 1911-1912, gathers concise, authoritative essays in which Cumont maps the interface between astron...
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    22,34 €

  • The Mysteries of Mithra
    Franz Cumont
    First published in 1956, this seminal study, by the great Belgian scholar Franz Cumont, remains the definitive coverage of a great ideological struggle between the West and the Orient in the first centuries of the Christian era. Mithraism, a mystery religion originating in Persia, spread rapidly through the Roman Empire, and achieved such strength that Europe almost became Mith...
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    65,08 €

  • The oriental religions in Roman paganism
    Franz Cumont
    This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve ...
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    12,10 €

  • Sur L’authenticité De Quelques Lettres De Julien
    Franz Valery Marie Cumont
    Sur L’authenticité De Quelques Lettres De Julien, by Franz Valery Marie Cumont, meticulously examines the authenticity of several letters attributed to the Roman Emperor Julian. This work delves into the historical context and literary style of the letters, providing valuable insights into the life and reign of Julian, also known as Julian the Apostate, and the controversies su...
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    15,79 €

  • Anecdota Bruxellensia V1-3 (1896)
    Charles Justice / Franz Cumont / Leon Parmentier
    Anecdota Bruxellensia est une collection de trois volumes publi�����e en 1896 par Franz Cumont. Cette �����uvre contient une compilation d’anecdotes historiques, de documents et de lettres relatifs ������ l’histoire de la ville de Bruxelles. Les textes sont principalement en latin, mais certains sont �����galement en fran�����ais, en flamand et en allemand. Les anecdotes couvre...
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    32,25 €

  • Sur L’Authenticite De Quelques Lettres De Julien (1889)
    Franz Cumont
    Le livre ''Sur L’Authenticite De Quelques Lettres De Julien (1889)'' de Cumont, Franz est une �����tude approfondie sur l’authenticit����� de certaines lettres attribu�����es ������ l’empereur romain Julien. L’auteur examine de mani�����re critique les sources et les preuves pour d�����terminer si ces lettres sont v�����ritablement �����crites par Julien ou s’il s’agit de faux....
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    26,67 €

  • Alexandre D’Abonotichos
    Franz Valery Marie Cumont
    Le livre intitul����� ''Alexandre D�������Abonotichos: Un Episode De L�������Histoire Du Paganisme Au Iie Siecle De Notre Ere (1887)'' a �����t����� �����crit par Franz Valery Marie Cumont. Ce livre relate l’histoire d’Alexandre d’Abonotichos, un personnage important du paganisme au IIe si�����cle de notre �����re. Le livre explore sa vie, ses croyances et ses actions, ainsi qu...
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    20,59 €

  • Mysteries of Mithra
    Franz Valery Marie Cumont / J. Thomas McCormack / JThomas McCormack
    Mithraism was a Roman mystery cult that drew upon the mythology of Mithras from the Persian Zoroastrian religion. In this unique book, first published in 1903, Cumont explains how the Roman version differed from the original worship of Mithras and then identifies those rituals that have some historical accuracy. Often, the Roman rituals preserved only the external trappings of ...
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    30,35 €

  • The Mysteries of Mithra
    Franz Valery Marie Cumont
    This classic work has been long known as the best introduction and overview of the early cult of Mithraism. He traces the original worship of Mithras back to ancient Hinduism and up through Persia, but points out that this particular expression, found in the Roman Empire, originated there. Before Christianity stamped it out, it had gained strength rapidly and was the main pagan...
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    15,69 €

  • Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans
    Franz Valery Marie Cumont
    Franz Cumont was one of the preeminent classical scholars of his day, and his investigations into the history of religion had a dramatic impact upon the fields of archaeology, comparative mythology, and anthropology. This 1912 volume collects the influential series of lectures he delivered across the United States highlighting one aspect of his groundbreaking studies of ancient...
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    16,47 €

  • After Life in Roman Paganism
    Franz Cumont / Franz Valery Marie Cumont
    At least we can distinguish the principal phases of the religious movement which caused imperial society to pass from incredulity to certain forms of belief in immortality, forms at first somewhat crude but afterwards loftier, and we can see where the movement led. The change was a capital one and transformed for the ancients the whole conception of life. The axis about which m...
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    27,51 €

  • Astrology and Religion among the Greeks and Romans
    Franz Cumont
    It is not, however, because it is combined with scientific theories, nor because it enters into the teaching of pagan mysteries, that astrology forces itself on the meditations of the historian of religions, but for its own sake . . . , because he is obliged to enquire how and why this alliance, which at first sight seems monstrous, came to be formed between mathematics and sup...
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    19,70 €

  • After Life in Roman Paganism
    Franz Valery Marie Cumont
    According to a rite borrowed by the Romans from the Etruscans, a pit was dug in the centre of the city, when the latter’s foundations were laid, in order to make the Inferi communicate with the upper world. First fruits and other gifts were thrown into the pit, as well as a clod of the earth of the settlers’ native country. Thus they restored their broken contact with the Manes...
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    35,62 €

  • Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
    Franz Cumont / Grant Showerman
    This study by the great Belgian historian Franz Cumont describes one aspect of the cultural meeting of east and west in the early Roman empire. It describes the great pagan religions of the orient, and tells how their religious thought and ceremonies permeated, altered, and revivified Roman paganism.It provides a coverage of all the more important eastern religions of the time,...
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    28,00 €

  • Mysteries of Mithra
    Franz Valery Marie Cumont
    The Mysteries of Mithra is a book written by Franz Cumont that explores the ancient religion of Mithraism. The book delves into the origins of the religion, its beliefs, practices, and rituals, as well as its spread throughout the Roman Empire. Mithraism was a mystery religion that was popular among soldiers and merchants in the Roman Empire during the 1st to 4th centuries AD. ...
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    33,68 €

  • Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
    Franz Valery Marie Cumont
    Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism is a scholarly book written by Franz Cumont that explores the influence of eastern religions on the pagan beliefs of ancient Rome. The book examines the religious practices and beliefs of various eastern religions, including Mithraism, the cult of Cybele, and the worship of Isis. Cumont analyzes the similarities and differences between these...
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    38,54 €

  • Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans
    Franz Cumont
    Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans is a book written by Franz Cumont that explores the relationship between astrology and religion in ancient Greece and Rome. The book delves into the beliefs and practices of the Greeks and Romans regarding astrology, including their use of horoscopes, divination, and other astrological techniques. It also examines the role of a...
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    32,48 €

  • After Life in Roman Paganism
    Franz Valery Marie Cumont
    The ancient Romans held complex beliefs in the afterlife, reflected in their religious rites, pantheon of Gods, and ideas expressed in folklore and seasonal festivals.A superb explainer of concepts commonly overlooked by students of antiquity, Franz Cumont seeks to demystify and clarify how important religion was to the Roman people. The life of the populace revolved around the...
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    12,50 €