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As empires go, Rome was not particularly bad. It was better than the empires it replaced, and it was better than most of those which replaced it. The empire had a system of law. It had stable order, which promoted trade. Public works projects built roads, baths, temples and markets.<\/p>\r\n

Beneath the grandeur, however, lay a decaying social system where the poor, sick, widows and orphans were left out. Roman urbanization and commercialization had led to both the economic boom of Pax Romana and to destitute peasants. Many had come to the city from rural farms when they had been replaced by slave workers. Here they lived in urban squalor in one of the 46,000 unregulated five-six story insulae<\/em>. The insula <\/em>apartment had no chimney, no lighting and no water supply or drainage (therefore, it was easier to just toss the contents of the chamber pot out the window). Jobs might be very difficult to find and prices were high. There was no pension system, unemployment insurance or medical protection. Social security was nonexistent for the urban poor. Some became clients of wealthy patrons whom they provided with political support in return for handouts. Others relied on a grain dole that the government instituted in the late Republic and continued during the Empire.<\/p>\r\n

It was not a pretty sight. It was a world of unrelenting cruelty. Who today could condone the sight of men and women being fed to beasts as people of all classes shrilled their delight? To the Romans, the spectacle was a just punishment for lawbreakers.<\/p>\r\n

Roman religion was not a matter of ethical behavior, but of honoring the gods who could protect and assist you, who could potentially influence the outcome of any process that was risky, uncertain, or incomprehensible. It was essential that the gods be given what was \u201cdue\u201d to them, that proper ritual and performance be observed. With proper ceremony the gods could grant health and prosperity.<\/p>\r\n

Roman society was a polytheistic <\/strong>society. The vast majority of people were pagans<\/strong> adhering to various cults (forms of worship). None of the gods demanded exclusive attention. There were no sacred scriptures, compulsory beliefs, distinct clergy or obligatory ethical rules. The state tolerated all religions provided they were not immoral or politically dangerous.<\/p>\r\n

Ah, but we are in Rome and when in Rome rank and status count. The many gods were not equal in prestige to one another. There were distinct ratings of gods, similar if you will, to the levels of a Sumerian ziggurat [images 6.66 and 6.67]. In the ziggurat, seven stories provided reception and accommodation rooms for the gods. In coincidental parallel analogy, there were also seven classes of Roman gods.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"356\"]\"Drawing 6.66<\/strong> The Ziggurat at Ur. Based on a 1939 drawing by Leonard Woolley.1<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"289\"]\"A 6.67<\/strong> A contemporary photograph of the Ziggurat at Ur, Iraq. 20 January 2007 by the U.S. Army.2<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n

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The highest ranking class was the god of the empire. As the pater patriae <\/em>the emperor\/god was responsible for overseeing Rome\u2019s relationship with the other gods.<\/p>\r\n

Emperor worship <\/strong>had been introduced by Augustus Caesar <\/strong>as a unifying force for the Empire. After 100 years of social unrest, including 20 recent years of civil war, the populace was ready for peace. \u201cThanks be to god!\u201d But since Augustus had done<\/em> it, was he not god? <\/em>He had brought peace, security, and prosperity. Was he not the savior of the world? <\/em>Moreover, he had been Divine. His father was Apollo, and his mother the mortal Atia. Therefore, he was the son of a god. In demonstration of his divinity, he had been seen ascending to heaven after his death.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_672\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"200\"]\"A 6.68<\/strong> Augustus of Prima Porta. 1st century CE, Vatican Museums. 204 cm (80.3\u201d).3<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\nEarlier you witnessed hints of his divinity in the sculpture known as Augustus<\/em> of<\/em> Prima<\/em> Porta<\/em> [image 6.68].<\/em> The sky god (Caelus), the sun god (Sol), the goddess of the hunt (Diana), the earth goddess (Tellus) and Apollo are all depicted on his military cuirass. The most obvious sign of his divinity is Eros, the son of Venus, riding triumphantly beside him on a dolphin. Eros reminds the viewer that Augustus is from the family of the Julians, who claimed descent from Venus. In image 6.69 he is presented as the Pontifex<\/em> Maximus<\/em> (\u201chigh priest,\u201d but literally the \u201cgreat bridge tender\u201d).\r\n

Adding to Augustus\u2019 dignity was his relationship to his great-uncle and adoptive \u201cfather\u201d Julius Caesar<\/strong>. Four months after Caesar died, a grand funerary festival named Ludi\u00a0<\/em>Victoriae<\/em> Caesaris<\/em> (\u201cPraise to the Victorious Caesar\u201d) had been organized in his honor. During the festival, a very bright object appeared in the sky and transfixed the people of Rome. Since Caesar once claimed that he was a descendant of the goddess Venus, many Romans concluded that Caesar had become a deity and that the bright object was actually a new star containing Caesar\u2019s soul. More than 100 years later, famous Roman historian Suetonius wrote, \u201cA star shone for seven successive days, rising about the eleventh hour, and was believed to be the soul of Caesar.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_673\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"200\"]\"A 6.69<\/strong> Augustus as Pontifex Maximus. After 12 BCE, National Museum of Rome.4<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n

Augustus used this event to emphasize his familial connection with the deified Julius and to proclaim the role of his divine credentials role in heralding a new age of peace and prosperity [image 6.70]. He also had a basilica-styled temple built in his \u201cfather\u2019s\u201d honor in the Roman Forum. The Temple<\/em> of<\/em> Divus <\/em>Iulius <\/em>(Temple of the Deified Julius, aka Temple of the Comet Star) was built in 42 BCE and dedicated in 29 BCE by Augustus for the purpose of fostering a \"cult of the comet.\"<\/p>\r\n

On the very personal level, emperor worship structured time, giving civic holidays and days off. Civic magistrates covered the obligations of 59 holidays a year in honor of various gods, plus 34 days of games for various pretexts, plus 45 general feast days, plus various five day festivals to honor the emperors\u2014in total there were 159 public holidays per year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"318\"]\"A 6.70<\/strong> Silver denarius. 27 BCE \u2013 14 CE, Classical Numismatic Group. On obverse Augustus Caesar wears an oak-wreath; \u201cDIVVS IVLIVS\u201d (Divine Julius) is written around him. On the reverse is a comet with eight rays and tail upward.5<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n

You have also met Trajan<\/strong>, who is, unfortunately, not very clearly depicted at the top of his column [image 6.74]. No matter: St. Peter now caps the column, having replaced the nude statue of Trajan. But the column is still relevant as a memory device for the deified Trajan. The 123 day Trajan-sponsored celebration which accompanied the conquest of the Daciens included both games and food. During that dedication 11,000 beasts were slaughtered at the Colosseum. Thus, even in the domestic rituals of life, Romans ended up paying service to the gods of the state, and therefore, to the state itself.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Great Gods of Greece and Rome<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1233\"]\"A 6.71<\/strong> The east pediment of the Parthenon. 447 to 432 BCE, Athens, Greece.6<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n

The great gods of Greece and Rome ranked just a little lower than the emperor gods. Many of these are familiar to you: Zeus<\/strong>, who was known as Jupiter <\/strong>in Rome; Athena <\/strong>(Roman Minerva<\/strong>); Poseidon <\/strong>(Roman Neptune<\/strong>); Hera <\/strong>(Roman Juno<\/strong>) and Apollo<\/strong>. You already know these as Greek gods; these Roman examples will demonstrate the Roman respect which they also held.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"166\"]\"The 6.72<\/strong> Jupiter of Cuma. 1st century CE, found at Masseria del Gigante at Cuma, 1758. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.8<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"129\"]\"A 6.73<\/strong> Silver statue of Juno. 1st-2nd century CE, Roman. Petit Palais, Paris.7<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"142\"]\"A 6.74<\/strong> Trajan's Column. 106-113 CE, Rome.9<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n

Gods of Specific Functions<\/h2>\r\n

Life was often lived \u201cnear the edge.\u201d The primary concerns were the growth of crops and the avoidance of starvation. Ranking just a little lower than the great Greek and Roman gods were the gods of specific functions, such as war, the weather, flocks and the hunt, love, the crops, mountains, streams and forests.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n

\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"168\"]\"A 6.75<\/strong> Ares (Mars) gave victory to Roman legions. 460-450 BCE, Etruscan. Nelson-Atkins Gallery of Art.10<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"209\"]\"A 6.76<\/strong> Artemis (Diana). Goddess of the hunt and storms that destroy the harvest. 1st-2nd centuries CE. Louvre Museum.11<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"121\"]\"A 6.77<\/strong>. Venus (Aphrodite). Roman Aphrodite from the time of Hadrian. 117-138 CE, Chicago Art Institute.12<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n
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Civic Gods<\/h2>\r\n

Just a little lower in status was the divine patron of one\u2019s city. In Greek, Sumerian and Rome cities civic pride, financial interest and piety were all intertwined in the proper observance of the city god. You will recognize some of the locations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"243\"]\"A 6.80<\/strong> Maurice Bardin. Tower of Marduk on the Euphrates River. 1936. Babylon as it may have looked circa 604-562 BCE. Oriental Institute, Chicago.17<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\nMarduk rose from an obscure deity in the third millennium BCE to become one of the most important gods and the head of the Mesopotamian pantheon in the first millennium. He was the patron god of the city of Babylon<\/strong>, where his temple tower, the ziggurat, may have served as the model for the famous \"tower of Babel\" [image 6.80]. In the first millennium, he was often referred to as Bel<\/strong>, the Akkadian word for \"Lord.\"\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_671\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"204\"]\"A 6.67<\/strong> A contemporary photograph of the Ziggurat at Ur, Iraq. 20 January 2007 by the U.S. Army.15<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Mesopotamian moon god was known by the name of Nanna <\/strong>(Sumerian) or Sin( Akkadian). <\/strong>Sin was the father of the sun god,<\/a>Shamash<\/a> (Sumerian: Utu), and, in some myths,<\/a> of Ishtar<\/a> (Sumerian: Inanna). This ziggurat [image 6.67] was built by king Ur<\/strong>-Namma of Ur (r. about 2112-2095 BCE), the founder of the Ur III dynasty. The monumental temple tower was built of solid bricks.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_686\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]\"The 6.81<\/strong> Remains of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece.16<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n

\r\n\r\nDelphi<\/strong><\/a> was an important ancient Greek<\/a> religious sanctuary sacred to the god Apollo<\/strong>.<\/a> Located on Mt.Parnassus near the Gulf of Corinth,<\/a> the sanctuary was home to the famous oracle of Apollo which gave cryptic predictions and guidance to both city<\/a>-states and individuals. The temple of Apollo [image 6.81] was first built in the seventh century BCE, rebuilt after a fire in the sixth century BCE, and then rebuilt after an\u00a0earthquake in the fourth century BCE.\r\n

The city god of Isthmia <\/strong>was Poseidon<\/strong>. Unfortunately the sanctuary had been abandoned by the year 400 CE. Among the ruins which have been studied by archaeologists are the floor of the Roman bath and the hydrocaust (heating system) for that bath [images 6.82 and 6.83].<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"266\"]\"Geometric 6.82<\/strong> Mosaic floor of the Roman bath at Isthmia, Greece.18<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"275\"]\"The 6.83<\/strong> Hydrocausts under the floor of the Roman Bathhouse at Isthmia, Greece.19<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_689\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"164\"]\"A 6.84<\/strong> Roman bust of Athena. 2nd century CE, Chicago Art Institute.20<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_738\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"237\"]\"A 6.85<\/strong> Zeus at Olympia. 19th century CE illustration by D. Quincy of what the 5th century BCE acrolithic statue, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, may have looked like.21<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThis Roman bust [image 6.84] dates form the second century CE. The helmet helps us recognize Athene<\/strong>, the patron goddess of Athens<\/strong>. Her idealized features and impassive face embody the \"noble simplicity and quiet grandeur\" that Johann Joachim Wincklemann (1717-1768), founder of the discipline of art history, considered the pinnacle of ancient artistic achievement.xxii Of course, her temple tops the Acropolis in Athens.\r\n\r\nThe fifth century Temple of mighty Zeus<\/strong> at Olympia<\/strong> had all of the characteristics we associate with a Doric temple: a peripheral forms with a frontal pronaos upon a platform with three steps, carved metopes and triglyph friezes, and a pediment.\r\n

The<\/span> Chryselephantine<\/b><\/span> <\/b><\/span>(gold<\/span> and<\/span> ivory)<\/span> statue<\/span> of\u00a0<\/span>Zeus, sculpted by Phidias [image 6.85], was so lifelike that Byzantine emperor Theodosius II ordered the sanctuary destroyed in 426 CE. Earthquakes, flooding\u00a0and<\/span> possibly<\/span> a<\/span> tsunami<\/span> did<\/span> further<\/span> damage.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Personal and Household Gods<\/h3>\r\n
\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"233\"]\"Painting 6.86<\/strong> Standing Deity Holding Horn and Bucket (probably a Lar). First century CE fresco from Pompeii.23<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\nJust a little lower, but closer to home, were the personal gods. These were no more consistently good, or merciful, or even just than the gods of the state, or those of Greco-Roman antiquity, or those of one\u2019s city. The primary advantage to a personal god was that, as guardians of the family welfare, Lares <\/em>(aka \u201cPenates<\/em>\u201d) could be recognized in a home shrine [image 6.86]. A homeward-bound Roman received comfort knowing he\/she was returning ad\u00a0<\/em>Larem<\/em> (to the Lar).\r\n

Among citizens of the upper class the Goddess of Fortune [image 6.87] was especially popular. The Temple of Fortuna Virilis [image 6.88] dates from late in the second century-early first century BCE. It was the temple of Portunas<\/strong>, the goddess of the harbors. She rewarded talent and ambition with material well-being. This temple is still standing in Rome because in 872 the basilica was rededicated to Santa<\/strong> Maria<\/strong> Egiziaca<\/strong>. It was believed that this specific Saint Mary had been a prostitute, born in 344 in Alexandria. She was often confused with Mary Magdalene, a follower of Jesus with a \u201ctarnished reputation.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"239\"]\"A 6.87<\/strong> Household figurine of Fortuna on Her Throne. Before 79 CE, Pompeii.25<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"388\"]\"A 6.88<\/strong> Temple of Fortuna Virilis. Late 2nd century-early 1st century BCE, Rome.24<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n

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As Roman religion became increasingly ritualized and distant from the everyday life of the average person, and with a desire to escape the impersonal, authoritarian attitude of the Roman government, many Romans adopted the more personal, mystical beliefs of the peoples they had conquered.<\/p>\r\n

After Augustus\u2019 defeat of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, Egyptian <\/strong>gods offered spiritual renewal and salvation. The cult of Isis<\/strong>, mother of Horus, was adopted by some [images 6.89-6.92]. Remarkably attentive, she would respond when one was in trouble. As her cult spread she was identified with nearly every goddess of the known world. Vespasian (r. 69-70 CE) officially welcomed her and built a public temple. Justinian closed the last temple to Isis at Philae in the sixth century.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"183\"]\"A 6.89<\/strong> Statuette of Isis and Horus. 332-330 BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art.26<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_769\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"149\"]\"A 6.90<\/strong> Roman statue of a goddess breastfeeding a baby. 1st century BCE, Vatican Museum, Rome.27<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_768\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"312\"]\"A 6.91<\/strong> A Lychnapsia (Festival of Lamps held in honor of \u00a0Isis). Before 79 BCE, Roman wall painting from Herculaneum.28<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIsis was known by a myriad of names: Queen of the Inhabited World, Lady of All, Star of the Sea. In the same way that her son, Horus, was a symbol of rebirth, her tears were also a symbol of renewal and resurrection because they caused the annual Nile inundation.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"115\"]\"A 6.92<\/strong> Statue of Isis. Late 2nd century-early 3rd century CE, Baths of Diocletian Rome.29<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n

\u201cGreatest of the gods. First of all names, thou rulest over the mid-air and the immeasurable space. Thou art the lady of light and flame\u201d (Second century CE Roman Eleusinian Hymn).\u00a0Isis [image 6.92] is wearing the \u201cbasileion\u201d (a headgear with the sun disk, crescent and horns of a cow).\u00a0Plutarch declared, \u201cthe garments of Isis are dyed in rainbow colors because her power extends over multiform matter that is subjected to all kinds of vicissitudes.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"330\"]\"A 6.93<\/strong> Step Pyramid of Djoser. C. 2610 BCE, Memphis, Egypt.30<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"205\"]\"A 6.94<\/strong> Imhotep. 332-30 BCE, Louvre Museum.31<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_697\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"180\"]\"A 6.95<\/strong> Asclepius, God of healing. 160 CE, Roman copy of a late classical statue. Found at complex of the Asklepius Baths and the Library in Epidaurus.32<\/sup><\/a> Asklepius carries a serpent staff because the serpent is able to renew itself by shedding its skin.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe cult of Asclepius<\/strong> also derived from Egypt. Originally known as Imhotep<\/strong> from Old Kingdom Egypt, he was recognized as the architect who created the Step Pyramid of Djoser [image 6.93], a new kind of architecture and an innovative symbol of power. He also discovered how to cut stone for the building of monuments. As his reputation grew the savant became revered as a scribe, a sage, statesman, physician, priest, astronomer, savior of Egypt from famine, as well as vizier to the pharaoh. In Greece he became known as Asclepius<\/strong>, the son of the god Apollo and the mortal Koronis [image 6.96]. According to the Homeric<\/em> Hymn<\/em> to <\/em>Asclepius<\/em> he surpassed all his fellow doctors for, in addition to being able to heal the sick, he could raise the dead. So many sick people cheated death that Pluto in Hades protested to Zeus. Pindar wrote that Zeus, in an attempt to maintain the balance between the Earthly and the Heavenly Worlds, killed Asclepius by throwing a thunderbolt at him. Zeus later relented: Asclepius was brought back to life and made into a god. Asclepius was brought to Rome in 293 BCE, where his serpent routed the plague.\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Persian God<\/h2>\r\n

From Iran, the Persian Mithras<\/strong> was especially popular with the soldier-emperors and their troops in the western part of the empire. Mithras was known as the sol<\/em> invictus<\/em> (\u201cGod of the unconquerable sun\u201d) and the,<\/em> \u201cthe sun that returns to shine again.\u201d When the Emperor Constantine declared Sunday as a day of rest, was he honoring the Christian God or Mithras? Mithras\u2019 birthday, the Feast of the True Sun, is December 25, coinciding with the winter solstice. Pope Liberius recognized the holy day of December 25 as Christmas in 354.<\/p>\r\n

Mithras is possibly linked to the Spanish cult of the bullfight.<\/p>\r\n

In image 6.97, is Mithras dressed in a toga, a typical Roman attire? (No. He wears a \u201cPersian\u201d tunic, cloak and conical hat.)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"596\"]\"A 6.97<\/strong> Relief from the Mithraeum of Santo Stefano Rotondo, Rome.34<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe central episode of his life was the Tauroctonia<\/em> (killing of the bull). Mithras seizes the bull by its nostrils and thrusts a knife into its side in the presence of a raven and a dog licking its wounds near a serpent. A scorpion chomps off the genital of the bull, from whose tail wheat ears emerge. Attending the scene are Coutes (with a lit torch oriented upward) and Cautopates (with a torch oriented downward). They, as well as the sun and the moon in the upper corners, represent extremes in vital cycles, beginning and end, dawn and sunset.\r\n

Phrygian God<\/h2>\r\n

The ancient Phrygian (modern day Turkey) Mother of the Gods was Cybele<\/strong> [images 6.98 and 6.99]. The Julian family, eager to emphasize their Trojan ancestry, promoted her origin from Pergamon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"342\"]\"A 6.98<\/strong> Statuette of Cybele on a Cart Drawn by Lions. 2nd half of 2nd century CE, Roman, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bronze. Length 54 \u00be\u201d.35<\/sup><\/a> The 7-spoked wheels of the cart are original; the cart itself has been lost to time. This sculpture once served a decorative function as part of a fountain with the lions\u2019 mouths serving as waterspouts. The lions suggest her role as mistress of untamed nature.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"142\"]\"A 6.99<\/strong> As protector of her people, Cybele's crown is shaped like turreted fortress walls. 50 CE, Roman, Getty Villa.36<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n

During the Second Punic War (218-202 BCE) a Sibylline oracle commanded that Romans should welcome Cybele, the \u201cgreat mother\u201d of Mt. Ida in Asia Minor if they wanted to be saved from Hannibal. The goddess was escorted into Rome and housed in the Temple of Victory along with her Phrygian priests and wild music of rattling sistrums and cymbals.<\/p>\r\n

Simulating her blessing of the earth\u2019s fertilization by rain, the yearly festival of Cybele in Rome ended with a procession that carried the silver cult image into a river for ritual bathing. However, some authorities viewed with suspicion some of the rituals conducted in her honor. \u201cHow\u201d, they reasoned, \u201ccould she claim to be a fertility goddess when her priests castrated themselves in a public orgiastic ceremony?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n

\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"292\"]\"A 6.100<\/strong> Tellus with Remus and Romulus on the Ara Pacis. 9 BCE, Ara Pacis Museum, Rome.37<\/sup>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"185\"]\"Ground 6.101<\/strong> Overlap of Circus of Nero, pagan cemetery, Constantine\u2019s basilica and St. Peter\u2019s today.38<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\nOver \u00a0the years, Cybele <\/strong>became identified with Rhea <\/strong>(mother of the Olympians), and then eventually she evolved into Tellus<\/strong>, who was a union of mature motherhood and womanly beauty, tenderness and grace [image 6.100]. Tellus is the root of the word \u201cItaly.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe Temple of Cybele also underwent\u00a0 transformation. Having been identified as \u00a0the site of Saint Peter\u2019s martyrdom in 67 CE,\u00a0 Saint Peter\u2019s Basilica <\/strong>in Rome was placed\u00a0upon the site of the leveled Temple of Cybele.\r\n

In Rome, religion was widely inclusive. Everybody recognized that they needed the power of the gods and the gods seemed to be present everywhere. It was natural and obvious to worship many gods.<\/p>\r\n

It should be remembered that although the gods knew a great deal, none of these gods was considered omnipotent. None was concerned with ethics. They certainly were not transcendent. None was concerned with the afterlife. None of these created the universe; they were just a part of it, as were their followers. They were not even credited with creating humans, and they certainly were not a loving parent. With rare exceptions, the relationship between these gods and humans was not based on mutual love. All could take on human characteristics for a while, or they could be aloof and remote.<\/p>\r\n

Each of these gods stressed personal fulfillment rather than involvement in the community, a set of ethics or moral behavior. None of these religions had a creed, a set of required beliefs. None had any authoritative scriptures, distinct clergy or obligatory ethical rules. There was no belief that only one was \u201ctrue.\u201d Because they were tolerant of each other, no individual could be labeled as a \u201cheretic.\u201d Nor could one be required to follow \u201corthodox\u201d requirements.<\/p>\r\n

Significantly, as the Greek historian Herodotus had pointed out (c. 425 BCE) these eternal gods had nothing to lose. They could live forever, and therefore they lacked human vulnerability. They could not demonstrate nobility of character, or courage, or self-sacrifice. These qualities, known as kleos<\/strong>, Herodotus maintained, belonged solely to humans.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Jewish God<\/h2>\r\n

Rome also housed a large minority population of \u00e9migr\u00e9 Jews <\/strong>who stood by the tenets of their faith and practiced its rituals. They comprised possibly 7% of the population. The Jewish tradition had nearly everything the polytheistic society lacked. They had a creed, the \u201cshema:\u201d \u201cHear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.\u201d They had scriptures: the Pentateuch. They had distinct clergy through the tribe of Levi. They accepted a mutual covenant with God, believing that God had chosen them to be his people, and in response they had chosen God. As the \u201cchosen people,\u201d they held a strong commitment to social justice. They felt they were expected to set the example of the higher moral standard of a God who demanded ethical behavior. And they were monotheistic, insisting on the worship of only one God.<\/p>\r\n

The Jews may be introduced to us by way of two funerary slabs [images 6.102 and 6.103], both of which were unearthed during archaeological digs as the modern city of Rome expanded.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"262\"]\"A 6.102<\/strong> Funerary slab carved with scene of Noah on the Ark. Possibly of Jewish influence.39<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_705\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"344\"]\"A 6.103<\/strong> Funerary stele of an archon of the Synagogue of Calcarenses. 3rd century CE, Catacomb of Monteverde, Via Portuense, Rome.40<\/sup><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n

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Related resource on Mystery cults in the Greek and Roman Worlds at The Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nReferences:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\r\n

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1<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ziggurat_of_ur.jpg<\/p>\r\n

2<\/a>. Public domain at upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/95\/Great_Ziggurat_of_Ur.JPG<\/a><\/p>\r\n

3<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Statue-Augustus.jpg<\/p>\r\n

4<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Augustus_Pontifex_Maximus.jpg<\/p>\r\n

5<\/a>. Public domain at en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caesar%27s_Comet<\/a><\/p>\r\n

6<\/a>. Daniel Levine, University of Arkansas. sites.uark.edu\/dlevine\/biers8-1\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n

7<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Iuno_Petit_Palais_ADUT00168.jpg<\/p>\r\n

8<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, at the Archaeological Museum of Naples, 2016.<\/p>\r\n

9<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Trajan%27s_Column_Panorama.jpeg<\/p>\r\n

10<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, at the Nelson-Atkins Art Gallery, Kansas City, MO., 2006. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\r\n

11<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, at the Louvre Museum, 2014. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\r\n

12<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, at the Chicago Art Institute, 2016. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\r\n

13<\/a>. Ibid.<\/p>\r\n

14<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Third_Style_fresco_depicting_Pan_playing_the_flute_accompanied_by_a_nymph_playing_the_lyre,_f rom_the_House_of_Jason_in_Pompeii,_Naples_National_Archaeological_Museum_(17322137452).jpg<\/p>\r\n

15<\/a>. Public domain at upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/95\/Great_Ziggurat_of_Ur.JPG<\/a><\/p>\r\n

16<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, 2017. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\r\n

17<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman at the Oriental Institute, Chicago, 2019. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\r\n

18<\/a>. Public domain at www.ancient.eu\/image\/234\/roman-bath\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n

19<\/a>. Public domain at www.ancient.eu\/image\/255\/roman-bath-house\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n

20<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, Art Institute of Chicago, 2013. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\r\n

21<\/a>. Public domain at Quincy, de. \"Statue of Zeus, Olympia<\/a>.\" Ancient History Encyclopedia<\/em>. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 28 Jul 2016. Web. 26 Nov 2020.<\/p>\r\n

22<\/a>. Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Reflections<\/em> on<\/em> the<\/em> Painting<\/em> and<\/em> Sculpture<\/em> of<\/em> the<\/em> Greeks,<\/em> 1765.<\/p>\r\n

23<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman at the Denver Museum of Science and History, 2012. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\r\n

24<\/a>. Dr. Jeffrey A. Becker, \"Temple of Portunus, Rome,\" in Smarthistory, August 8, 2015, accessed November 22, 2019, smarthistory.org\/temple-of-portunus\/<\/p>\r\n

25<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman at the Denver Museum of Science and History, 2012. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\r\n

26<\/a>. Public domain at www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/548310<\/a><\/p>\r\n

27<\/a>. Public domain at upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/eO\/Musee_Pio_Clementino-Isis_lactans.jpg<\/p>\r\n

28<\/a>. Public domain at en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lychnapsia<\/a><\/p>\r\n

29<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, at the Museo Nazionale Romano, Baths of Diocletian, 2017. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\r\n

30<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Egypt-12B-021_-_Step_Pyramid_of_Djoser.jpg<\/p>\r\n

31<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Imhotep-Louvre.jpg<\/p>\r\n

32<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, Sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus, 2017. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\r\n

33<\/a>. Ibid.<\/p>\r\n

34<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, at the Museo Nazionale Romano, Baths of Diocletian, 2017. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\r\n

35<\/a>. Public domain on www.metmuseum.org\/toah\/works-of-art\/97.22.24\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n

36<\/a>. Public domain at Kleerup, Dave &. M. H. \/. \"Cybele<\/a>.\" Ancient History Encyclopedia<\/em>. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 04 Feb 2015. Web. 26 Nov 2020. Accessed at www.ancient.eu\/image\/3623\/cybele\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n

37<\/a>. Public domain at www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/ancient-art-civilizations\/roman\/early-empire\/a\/ara-pacis<\/a><\/p>\r\n

38<\/a>. Courses.washington.edu\/rome250\/gallery\/Rome%20wk%204\/21%20St%20Peters%20&%20Nero's%20Circus.jpg<\/a><\/p>\r\n

39<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, at Museo Nazionale Romano, Baths of Diocletian, 2017. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\r\n

40<\/a>. Ibid.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

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As empires go, Rome was not particularly bad. It was better than the empires it replaced, and it was better than most of those which replaced it. The empire had a system of law. It had stable order, which promoted trade. Public works projects built roads, baths, temples and markets.<\/p>\n

Beneath the grandeur, however, lay a decaying social system where the poor, sick, widows and orphans were left out. Roman urbanization and commercialization had led to both the economic boom of Pax Romana and to destitute peasants. Many had come to the city from rural farms when they had been replaced by slave workers. Here they lived in urban squalor in one of the 46,000 unregulated five-six story insulae<\/em>. The insula <\/em>apartment had no chimney, no lighting and no water supply or drainage (therefore, it was easier to just toss the contents of the chamber pot out the window). Jobs might be very difficult to find and prices were high. There was no pension system, unemployment insurance or medical protection. Social security was nonexistent for the urban poor. Some became clients of wealthy patrons whom they provided with political support in return for handouts. Others relied on a grain dole that the government instituted in the late Republic and continued during the Empire.<\/p>\n

It was not a pretty sight. It was a world of unrelenting cruelty. Who today could condone the sight of men and women being fed to beasts as people of all classes shrilled their delight? To the Romans, the spectacle was a just punishment for lawbreakers.<\/p>\n

Roman religion was not a matter of ethical behavior, but of honoring the gods who could protect and assist you, who could potentially influence the outcome of any process that was risky, uncertain, or incomprehensible. It was essential that the gods be given what was \u201cdue\u201d to them, that proper ritual and performance be observed. With proper ceremony the gods could grant health and prosperity.<\/p>\n

Roman society was a polytheistic <\/strong>society. The vast majority of people were pagans<\/strong> adhering to various cults (forms of worship). None of the gods demanded exclusive attention. There were no sacred scriptures, compulsory beliefs, distinct clergy or obligatory ethical rules. The state tolerated all religions provided they were not immoral or politically dangerous.<\/p>\n

Ah, but we are in Rome and when in Rome rank and status count. The many gods were not equal in prestige to one another. There were distinct ratings of gods, similar if you will, to the levels of a Sumerian ziggurat [images 6.66 and 6.67]. In the ziggurat, seven stories provided reception and accommodation rooms for the gods. In coincidental parallel analogy, there were also seven classes of Roman gods.<\/p>\n

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The highest ranking class was the god of the empire. As the pater patriae <\/em>the emperor\/god was responsible for overseeing Rome\u2019s relationship with the other gods.<\/p>\n

Emperor worship <\/strong>had been introduced by Augustus Caesar <\/strong>as a unifying force for the Empire. After 100 years of social unrest, including 20 recent years of civil war, the populace was ready for peace. \u201cThanks be to god!\u201d But since Augustus had done<\/em> it, was he not god? <\/em>He had brought peace, security, and prosperity. Was he not the savior of the world? <\/em>Moreover, he had been Divine. His father was Apollo, and his mother the mortal Atia. Therefore, he was the son of a god. In demonstration of his divinity, he had been seen ascending to heaven after his death.<\/p>\n

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Earlier you witnessed hints of his divinity in the sculpture known as Augustus<\/em> of<\/em> Prima<\/em> Porta<\/em> [image 6.68].<\/em> The sky god (Caelus), the sun god (Sol), the goddess of the hunt (Diana), the earth goddess (Tellus) and Apollo are all depicted on his military cuirass. The most obvious sign of his divinity is Eros, the son of Venus, riding triumphantly beside him on a dolphin. Eros reminds the viewer that Augustus is from the family of the Julians, who claimed descent from Venus. In image 6.69 he is presented as the Pontifex<\/em> Maximus<\/em> (\u201chigh priest,\u201d but literally the \u201cgreat bridge tender\u201d).<\/p>\n

Adding to Augustus\u2019 dignity was his relationship to his great-uncle and adoptive \u201cfather\u201d Julius Caesar<\/strong>. Four months after Caesar died, a grand funerary festival named Ludi\u00a0<\/em>Victoriae<\/em> Caesaris<\/em> (\u201cPraise to the Victorious Caesar\u201d) had been organized in his honor. During the festival, a very bright object appeared in the sky and transfixed the people of Rome. Since Caesar once claimed that he was a descendant of the goddess Venus, many Romans concluded that Caesar had become a deity and that the bright object was actually a new star containing Caesar\u2019s soul. More than 100 years later, famous Roman historian Suetonius wrote, \u201cA star shone for seven successive days, rising about the eleventh hour, and was believed to be the soul of Caesar.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Augustus used this event to emphasize his familial connection with the deified Julius and to proclaim the role of his divine credentials role in heralding a new age of peace and prosperity [image 6.70]. He also had a basilica-styled temple built in his \u201cfather\u2019s\u201d honor in the Roman Forum. The Temple<\/em> of<\/em> Divus <\/em>Iulius <\/em>(Temple of the Deified Julius, aka Temple of the Comet Star) was built in 42 BCE and dedicated in 29 BCE by Augustus for the purpose of fostering a “cult of the comet.”<\/p>\n

On the very personal level, emperor worship structured time, giving civic holidays and days off. Civic magistrates covered the obligations of 59 holidays a year in honor of various gods, plus 34 days of games for various pretexts, plus 45 general feast days, plus various five day festivals to honor the emperors\u2014in total there were 159 public holidays per year.<\/p>\n

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6.70<\/strong> Silver denarius. 27 BCE \u2013 14 CE, Classical Numismatic Group. On obverse Augustus Caesar wears an oak-wreath; \u201cDIVVS IVLIVS\u201d (Divine Julius) is written around him. On the reverse is a comet with eight rays and tail upward.5<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You have also met Trajan<\/strong>, who is, unfortunately, not very clearly depicted at the top of his column [image 6.74]. No matter: St. Peter now caps the column, having replaced the nude statue of Trajan. But the column is still relevant as a memory device for the deified Trajan. The 123 day Trajan-sponsored celebration which accompanied the conquest of the Daciens included both games and food. During that dedication 11,000 beasts were slaughtered at the Colosseum. Thus, even in the domestic rituals of life, Romans ended up paying service to the gods of the state, and therefore, to the state itself.<\/p>\n

Great Gods of Greece and Rome<\/h2>\n
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The great gods of Greece and Rome ranked just a little lower than the emperor gods. Many of these are familiar to you: Zeus<\/strong>, who was known as Jupiter <\/strong>in Rome; Athena <\/strong>(Roman Minerva<\/strong>); Poseidon <\/strong>(Roman Neptune<\/strong>); Hera <\/strong>(Roman Juno<\/strong>) and Apollo<\/strong>. You already know these as Greek gods; these Roman examples will demonstrate the Roman respect which they also held.<\/p>\n

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Gods of Specific Functions<\/h2>\n

Life was often lived \u201cnear the edge.\u201d The primary concerns were the growth of crops and the avoidance of starvation. Ranking just a little lower than the great Greek and Roman gods were the gods of specific functions, such as war, the weather, flocks and the hunt, love, the crops, mountains, streams and forests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Civic Gods<\/h2>\n

Just a little lower in status was the divine patron of one\u2019s city. In Greek, Sumerian and Rome cities civic pride, financial interest and piety were all intertwined in the proper observance of the city god. You will recognize some of the locations.<\/p>\n

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6.80<\/strong> Maurice Bardin. Tower of Marduk on the Euphrates River. 1936. Babylon as it may have looked circa 604-562 BCE. Oriental Institute, Chicago.17<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Marduk rose from an obscure deity in the third millennium BCE to become one of the most important gods and the head of the Mesopotamian pantheon in the first millennium. He was the patron god of the city of Babylon<\/strong>, where his temple tower, the ziggurat, may have served as the model for the famous “tower of Babel” [image 6.80]. In the first millennium, he was often referred to as Bel<\/strong>, the Akkadian word for “Lord.”<\/p>\n

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The Mesopotamian moon god was known by the name of Nanna <\/strong>(Sumerian) or Sin( Akkadian). <\/strong>Sin was the father of the sun god,<\/a>Shamash<\/a> (Sumerian: Utu), and, in some myths,<\/a> of Ishtar<\/a> (Sumerian: Inanna). This ziggurat [image 6.67] was built by king Ur<\/strong>-Namma of Ur (r. about 2112-2095 BCE), the founder of the Ur III dynasty. The monumental temple tower was built of solid bricks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Delphi<\/strong><\/a> was an important ancient Greek<\/a> religious sanctuary sacred to the god Apollo<\/strong>.<\/a> Located on Mt.Parnassus near the Gulf of Corinth,<\/a> the sanctuary was home to the famous oracle of Apollo which gave cryptic predictions and guidance to both city<\/a>-states and individuals. The temple of Apollo [image 6.81] was first built in the seventh century BCE, rebuilt after a fire in the sixth century BCE, and then rebuilt after an\u00a0earthquake in the fourth century BCE.<\/p>\n

The city god of Isthmia <\/strong>was Poseidon<\/strong>. Unfortunately the sanctuary had been abandoned by the year 400 CE. Among the ruins which have been studied by archaeologists are the floor of the Roman bath and the hydrocaust (heating system) for that bath [images 6.82 and 6.83].<\/p>\n

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6.84<\/strong> Roman bust of Athena. 2nd century CE, Chicago Art Institute.20<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This Roman bust [image 6.84] dates form the second century CE. The helmet helps us recognize Athene<\/strong>, the patron goddess of Athens<\/strong>. Her idealized features and impassive face embody the “noble simplicity and quiet grandeur” that Johann Joachim Wincklemann (1717-1768), founder of the discipline of art history, considered the pinnacle of ancient artistic achievement.xxii Of course, her temple tops the Acropolis in Athens.<\/p>\n

The fifth century Temple of mighty Zeus<\/strong> at Olympia<\/strong> had all of the characteristics we associate with a Doric temple: a peripheral forms with a frontal pronaos upon a platform with three steps, carved metopes and triglyph friezes, and a pediment.<\/p>\n

The<\/span> Chryselephantine<\/b><\/span> <\/b><\/span>(gold<\/span> and<\/span> ivory)<\/span> statue<\/span> of\u00a0<\/span>Zeus, sculpted by Phidias [image 6.85], was so lifelike that Byzantine emperor Theodosius II ordered the sanctuary destroyed in 426 CE. Earthquakes, flooding\u00a0and<\/span> possibly<\/span> a<\/span> tsunami<\/span> did<\/span> further<\/span> damage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Personal and Household Gods<\/h3>\n
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Just a little lower, but closer to home, were the personal gods. These were no more consistently good, or merciful, or even just than the gods of the state, or those of Greco-Roman antiquity, or those of one\u2019s city. The primary advantage to a personal god was that, as guardians of the family welfare, Lares <\/em>(aka \u201cPenates<\/em>\u201d) could be recognized in a home shrine [image 6.86]. A homeward-bound Roman received comfort knowing he\/she was returning ad\u00a0<\/em>Larem<\/em> (to the Lar).<\/p>\n

Among citizens of the upper class the Goddess of Fortune [image 6.87] was especially popular. The Temple of Fortuna Virilis [image 6.88] dates from late in the second century-early first century BCE. It was the temple of Portunas<\/strong>, the goddess of the harbors. She rewarded talent and ambition with material well-being. This temple is still standing in Rome because in 872 the basilica was rededicated to Santa<\/strong> Maria<\/strong> Egiziaca<\/strong>. It was believed that this specific Saint Mary had been a prostitute, born in 344 in Alexandria. She was often confused with Mary Magdalene, a follower of Jesus with a \u201ctarnished reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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6.87<\/strong> Household figurine of Fortuna on Her Throne. Before 79 CE, Pompeii.25<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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6.88<\/strong> Temple of Fortuna Virilis. Late 2nd century-early 1st century BCE, Rome.24<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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As Roman religion became increasingly ritualized and distant from the everyday life of the average person, and with a desire to escape the impersonal, authoritarian attitude of the Roman government, many Romans adopted the more personal, mystical beliefs of the peoples they had conquered.<\/p>\n

After Augustus\u2019 defeat of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, Egyptian <\/strong>gods offered spiritual renewal and salvation. The cult of Isis<\/strong>, mother of Horus, was adopted by some [images 6.89-6.92]. Remarkably attentive, she would respond when one was in trouble. As her cult spread she was identified with nearly every goddess of the known world. Vespasian (r. 69-70 CE) officially welcomed her and built a public temple. Justinian closed the last temple to Isis at Philae in the sixth century.<\/p>\n

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6.89<\/strong> Statuette of Isis and Horus. 332-330 BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art.26<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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6.90<\/strong> Roman statue of a goddess breastfeeding a baby. 1st century BCE, Vatican Museum, Rome.27<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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6.91<\/strong> A Lychnapsia (Festival of Lamps held in honor of \u00a0Isis). Before 79 BCE, Roman wall painting from Herculaneum.28<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Isis was known by a myriad of names: Queen of the Inhabited World, Lady of All, Star of the Sea. In the same way that her son, Horus, was a symbol of rebirth, her tears were also a symbol of renewal and resurrection because they caused the annual Nile inundation.<\/p>\n

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6.92<\/strong> Statue of Isis. Late 2nd century-early 3rd century CE, Baths of Diocletian Rome.29<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cGreatest of the gods. First of all names, thou rulest over the mid-air and the immeasurable space. Thou art the lady of light and flame\u201d (Second century CE Roman Eleusinian Hymn).\u00a0Isis [image 6.92] is wearing the \u201cbasileion\u201d (a headgear with the sun disk, crescent and horns of a cow).\u00a0Plutarch declared, \u201cthe garments of Isis are dyed in rainbow colors because her power extends over multiform matter that is subjected to all kinds of vicissitudes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6.93<\/strong> Step Pyramid of Djoser. C. 2610 BCE, Memphis, Egypt.30<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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6.94<\/strong> Imhotep. 332-30 BCE, Louvre Museum.31<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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6.95<\/strong> Asclepius, God of healing. 160 CE, Roman copy of a late classical statue. Found at complex of the Asklepius Baths and the Library in Epidaurus.32<\/sup><\/a> Asklepius carries a serpent staff because the serpent is able to renew itself by shedding its skin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The cult of Asclepius<\/strong> also derived from Egypt. Originally known as Imhotep<\/strong> from Old Kingdom Egypt, he was recognized as the architect who created the Step Pyramid of Djoser [image 6.93], a new kind of architecture and an innovative symbol of power. He also discovered how to cut stone for the building of monuments. As his reputation grew the savant became revered as a scribe, a sage, statesman, physician, priest, astronomer, savior of Egypt from famine, as well as vizier to the pharaoh. In Greece he became known as Asclepius<\/strong>, the son of the god Apollo and the mortal Koronis [image 6.96]. According to the Homeric<\/em> Hymn<\/em> to <\/em>Asclepius<\/em> he surpassed all his fellow doctors for, in addition to being able to heal the sick, he could raise the dead. So many sick people cheated death that Pluto in Hades protested to Zeus. Pindar wrote that Zeus, in an attempt to maintain the balance between the Earthly and the Heavenly Worlds, killed Asclepius by throwing a thunderbolt at him. Zeus later relented: Asclepius was brought back to life and made into a god. Asclepius was brought to Rome in 293 BCE, where his serpent routed the plague.<\/p>\n

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6.96<\/strong> \u201cCures accomplished\u201d as demonstrated in gifts to Temple of Asclepius in Corinth.33<\/sup><\/a> In the fourth century BCE a healing sanctuary of Asklepius developed at Epidaurus, near Corinth. Many who were cured brought anatomical votives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Persian God<\/h2>\n

From Iran, the Persian Mithras<\/strong> was especially popular with the soldier-emperors and their troops in the western part of the empire. Mithras was known as the sol<\/em> invictus<\/em> (\u201cGod of the unconquerable sun\u201d) and the,<\/em> \u201cthe sun that returns to shine again.\u201d When the Emperor Constantine declared Sunday as a day of rest, was he honoring the Christian God or Mithras? Mithras\u2019 birthday, the Feast of the True Sun, is December 25, coinciding with the winter solstice. Pope Liberius recognized the holy day of December 25 as Christmas in 354.<\/p>\n

Mithras is possibly linked to the Spanish cult of the bullfight.<\/p>\n

In image 6.97, is Mithras dressed in a toga, a typical Roman attire? (No. He wears a \u201cPersian\u201d tunic, cloak and conical hat.)<\/p>\n

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6.97<\/strong> Relief from the Mithraeum of Santo Stefano Rotondo, Rome.34<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The central episode of his life was the Tauroctonia<\/em> (killing of the bull). Mithras seizes the bull by its nostrils and thrusts a knife into its side in the presence of a raven and a dog licking its wounds near a serpent. A scorpion chomps off the genital of the bull, from whose tail wheat ears emerge. Attending the scene are Coutes (with a lit torch oriented upward) and Cautopates (with a torch oriented downward). They, as well as the sun and the moon in the upper corners, represent extremes in vital cycles, beginning and end, dawn and sunset.<\/p>\n

Phrygian God<\/h2>\n

The ancient Phrygian (modern day Turkey) Mother of the Gods was Cybele<\/strong> [images 6.98 and 6.99]. The Julian family, eager to emphasize their Trojan ancestry, promoted her origin from Pergamon.<\/p>\n

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6.98<\/strong> Statuette of Cybele on a Cart Drawn by Lions. 2nd half of 2nd century CE, Roman, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bronze. Length 54 \u00be\u201d.35<\/sup><\/a> The 7-spoked wheels of the cart are original; the cart itself has been lost to time. This sculpture once served a decorative function as part of a fountain with the lions\u2019 mouths serving as waterspouts. The lions suggest her role as mistress of untamed nature.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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6.99<\/strong> As protector of her people, Cybele’s crown is shaped like turreted fortress walls. 50 CE, Roman, Getty Villa.36<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the Second Punic War (218-202 BCE) a Sibylline oracle commanded that Romans should welcome Cybele, the \u201cgreat mother\u201d of Mt. Ida in Asia Minor if they wanted to be saved from Hannibal. The goddess was escorted into Rome and housed in the Temple of Victory along with her Phrygian priests and wild music of rattling sistrums and cymbals.<\/p>\n

Simulating her blessing of the earth\u2019s fertilization by rain, the yearly festival of Cybele in Rome ended with a procession that carried the silver cult image into a river for ritual bathing. However, some authorities viewed with suspicion some of the rituals conducted in her honor. \u201cHow\u201d, they reasoned, \u201ccould she claim to be a fertility goddess when her priests castrated themselves in a public orgiastic ceremony?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6.100<\/strong> Tellus with Remus and Romulus on the Ara Pacis. 9 BCE, Ara Pacis Museum, Rome.37<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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6.101<\/strong> Overlap of Circus of Nero, pagan cemetery, Constantine\u2019s basilica and St. Peter\u2019s today.38<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over \u00a0the years, Cybele <\/strong>became identified with Rhea <\/strong>(mother of the Olympians), and then eventually she evolved into Tellus<\/strong>, who was a union of mature motherhood and womanly beauty, tenderness and grace [image 6.100]. Tellus is the root of the word \u201cItaly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Temple of Cybele also underwent\u00a0 transformation. Having been identified as \u00a0the site of Saint Peter\u2019s martyrdom in 67 CE,\u00a0 Saint Peter\u2019s Basilica <\/strong>in Rome was placed\u00a0upon the site of the leveled Temple of Cybele.<\/p>\n

In Rome, religion was widely inclusive. Everybody recognized that they needed the power of the gods and the gods seemed to be present everywhere. It was natural and obvious to worship many gods.<\/p>\n

It should be remembered that although the gods knew a great deal, none of these gods was considered omnipotent. None was concerned with ethics. They certainly were not transcendent. None was concerned with the afterlife. None of these created the universe; they were just a part of it, as were their followers. They were not even credited with creating humans, and they certainly were not a loving parent. With rare exceptions, the relationship between these gods and humans was not based on mutual love. All could take on human characteristics for a while, or they could be aloof and remote.<\/p>\n

Each of these gods stressed personal fulfillment rather than involvement in the community, a set of ethics or moral behavior. None of these religions had a creed, a set of required beliefs. None had any authoritative scriptures, distinct clergy or obligatory ethical rules. There was no belief that only one was \u201ctrue.\u201d Because they were tolerant of each other, no individual could be labeled as a \u201cheretic.\u201d Nor could one be required to follow \u201corthodox\u201d requirements.<\/p>\n

Significantly, as the Greek historian Herodotus had pointed out (c. 425 BCE) these eternal gods had nothing to lose. They could live forever, and therefore they lacked human vulnerability. They could not demonstrate nobility of character, or courage, or self-sacrifice. These qualities, known as kleos<\/strong>, Herodotus maintained, belonged solely to humans.<\/p>\n

Jewish God<\/h2>\n

Rome also housed a large minority population of \u00e9migr\u00e9 Jews <\/strong>who stood by the tenets of their faith and practiced its rituals. They comprised possibly 7% of the population. The Jewish tradition had nearly everything the polytheistic society lacked. They had a creed, the \u201cshema:\u201d \u201cHear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.\u201d They had scriptures: the Pentateuch. They had distinct clergy through the tribe of Levi. They accepted a mutual covenant with God, believing that God had chosen them to be his people, and in response they had chosen God. As the \u201cchosen people,\u201d they held a strong commitment to social justice. They felt they were expected to set the example of the higher moral standard of a God who demanded ethical behavior. And they were monotheistic, insisting on the worship of only one God.<\/p>\n

The Jews may be introduced to us by way of two funerary slabs [images 6.102 and 6.103], both of which were unearthed during archaeological digs as the modern city of Rome expanded.<\/p>\n

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6.102<\/strong> Funerary slab carved with scene of Noah on the Ark. Possibly of Jewish influence.39<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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6.103<\/strong> Funerary stele of an archon of the Synagogue of Calcarenses. 3rd century CE, Catacomb of Monteverde, Via Portuense, Rome.40<\/sup><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Related resource on Mystery cults in the Greek and Roman Worlds at The Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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1<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ziggurat_of_ur.jpg<\/p>\n

2<\/a>. Public domain at upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/95\/Great_Ziggurat_of_Ur.JPG<\/a><\/p>\n

3<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Statue-Augustus.jpg<\/p>\n

4<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Augustus_Pontifex_Maximus.jpg<\/p>\n

5<\/a>. Public domain at en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caesar%27s_Comet<\/a><\/p>\n

6<\/a>. Daniel Levine, University of Arkansas. sites.uark.edu\/dlevine\/biers8-1\/<\/a><\/p>\n

7<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Iuno_Petit_Palais_ADUT00168.jpg<\/p>\n

8<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, at the Archaeological Museum of Naples, 2016.<\/p>\n

9<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Trajan%27s_Column_Panorama.jpeg<\/p>\n

10<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, at the Nelson-Atkins Art Gallery, Kansas City, MO., 2006. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\n

11<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, at the Louvre Museum, 2014. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\n

12<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, at the Chicago Art Institute, 2016. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\n

13<\/a>. Ibid.<\/p>\n

14<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Third_Style_fresco_depicting_Pan_playing_the_flute_accompanied_by_a_nymph_playing_the_lyre,_f rom_the_House_of_Jason_in_Pompeii,_Naples_National_Archaeological_Museum_(17322137452).jpg<\/p>\n

15<\/a>. Public domain at upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/95\/Great_Ziggurat_of_Ur.JPG<\/a><\/p>\n

16<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, 2017. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\n

17<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman at the Oriental Institute, Chicago, 2019. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\n

18<\/a>. Public domain at www.ancient.eu\/image\/234\/roman-bath\/<\/a><\/p>\n

19<\/a>. Public domain at www.ancient.eu\/image\/255\/roman-bath-house\/<\/a><\/p>\n

20<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, Art Institute of Chicago, 2013. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\n

21<\/a>. Public domain at Quincy, de. “Statue of Zeus, Olympia<\/a>.” Ancient History Encyclopedia<\/em>. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 28 Jul 2016. Web. 26 Nov 2020.<\/p>\n

22<\/a>. Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Reflections<\/em> on<\/em> the<\/em> Painting<\/em> and<\/em> Sculpture<\/em> of<\/em> the<\/em> Greeks,<\/em> 1765.<\/p>\n

23<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman at the Denver Museum of Science and History, 2012. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\n

24<\/a>. Dr. Jeffrey A. Becker, “Temple of Portunus, Rome,” in Smarthistory, August 8, 2015, accessed November 22, 2019, smarthistory.org\/temple-of-portunus\/<\/p>\n

25<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman at the Denver Museum of Science and History, 2012. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\n

26<\/a>. Public domain at www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/548310<\/a><\/p>\n

27<\/a>. Public domain at upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/eO\/Musee_Pio_Clementino-Isis_lactans.jpg<\/p>\n

28<\/a>. Public domain at en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lychnapsia<\/a><\/p>\n

29<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, at the Museo Nazionale Romano, Baths of Diocletian, 2017. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\n

30<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Egypt-12B-021_-_Step_Pyramid_of_Djoser.jpg<\/p>\n

31<\/a>. Public domain at commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Imhotep-Louvre.jpg<\/p>\n

32<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, Sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus, 2017. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\n

33<\/a>. Ibid.<\/p>\n

34<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, at the Museo Nazionale Romano, Baths of Diocletian, 2017. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\n

35<\/a>. Public domain on www.metmuseum.org\/toah\/works-of-art\/97.22.24\/<\/a><\/p>\n

36<\/a>. Public domain at Kleerup, Dave &. M. H. \/. “Cybele<\/a>.” Ancient History Encyclopedia<\/em>. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 04 Feb 2015. Web. 26 Nov 2020. Accessed at www.ancient.eu\/image\/3623\/cybele\/<\/a><\/p>\n

37<\/a>. Public domain at www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/ancient-art-civilizations\/roman\/early-empire\/a\/ara-pacis<\/a><\/p>\n

38<\/a>. Courses.washington.edu\/rome250\/gallery\/Rome%20wk%204\/21%20St%20Peters%20&%20Nero’s%20Circus.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n

39<\/a>. Photo by the author, Kathleen J. Hartman, at Museo Nazionale Romano, Baths of Diocletian, 2017. CC BY-NC 4.0 License.<\/p>\n

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