Timeline for When did ancient religions start to experience dropping numbers of adherents in Europe?
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Oct 30, 2015 at 13:24 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | I otherwise like this answer, but the Roman religion was not just the Greek religion with different names, unless you take Roman propaganda at face value. For instance, there is no Greek equivalent to Janus. The Romans tried to push the idea that all pantheons were equivalent because it helped keep their polyglot empire together culturally. This is why monotheistic religion was initially seen as such a threat. | |
Jun 14, 2013 at 21:49 | comment | added | NotVonKaiser | I don't know about Mithraism... the "problem" with it was that it was a secret cult and as such we really don't know a lot about it. That includes, unfortunately, how many people were involved with it at any one time. | |
Jun 14, 2013 at 21:35 | comment | added | Anixx | The cult emperor's genius was never so prominent to become any alternative to other religions. What is really important are the cults of Sol Invictus (starting from Heliogabal), Mithraism (borrowed from the East) and neo-Platonism. | |
Jun 14, 2013 at 16:27 | history | edited | NotVonKaiser | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Jun 14, 2013 at 14:08 | history | answered | NotVonKaiser | CC BY-SA 3.0 |