Zeke Posted March 27, 2005 Report Share Posted March 27, 2005 I know that Egypitians gods and goddess came home when the Legions returned from Egypt, the most prominant being Isis. But what other Gods and goddess of the land of the Pharaohs came home with them? Anubis? Osiris? And how were these gods worshiped in the Imperial System? Did they have Roman Rituals or Egptian Rituals? Zeke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted March 27, 2005 Report Share Posted March 27, 2005 The Holy Trinity of Isis, Serapis (a combination of Osiris and Apis the bull), and the Harseisis child (Horus) were widely worshipped, and some other deities like Anubis were peripherally related to the cult. However, these cults started in Greek occupied Egypt, and their understandings were not completely true to native Egyptian religion - they had some deliberate Hellenic influence. But these Greco-Egyptian cults and their rites are the ones that spread to Rome. The Senate tried to destroy the Greco-Egyptian cults, but it was too popular with the people. Particularly women and the lower classes (if some things had gone differently Isis might have triumphed over Christ). And later there were Senators and Emperors who were among its adherents. Aside from Isis and the deities surrounding her, Ammon from North Africa (the God whom Alexander the Great had consulted), who was identified with Zeus and Jupiter , had a small cult following as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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