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  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €