CLAS 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Attis, Religion In Africa, Serapis
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Last two weeks we"ve been in the high empire = 1st century ad. Being reported back to rome and being synthesized in diferent ways. >roman empire is conquering peoples in diferent ways. Very good at assimilaing people into romaness in a way where people don"t have to change their cultures and pracices. 70ad = churches concentrated in east of empire, but also in asia minor, greece. >most equivalent to greek gods but some are diferent as well. >gods with greek equivalence is evidence that romans are coming into contact with. Not always an easy assimilaion of other religions. >2cbc = put down bacchants because they are geing out of control (oppression of followers of dionysus) Irst imported major god: cybele (magna mater = great mother) and her consort: ais. >191 bc = magna mater is a threat to organized religion. Temple to magna mater built on the palaine near to royal imperial palaces.
