Mysteries of Mithras: The History and Legacy of Ancient Rome’s most Mysterious Religious Cult, The
Charles River Editors
Number of quotes: 4
Book ID: 385 Page: 18/19
Section: 1A
In this battle, just on the outskirts of the Greek city of Pydna, the Romans had displayed the trait which would allow them to dominate the world for centuries to come: adaptability. Unlike Greece, ancient Rome was perfectly comfortable with embracing the ideas, inventions and practices of others. Romans were the undeniable masters in the art of incorporating foreign customs and technology into their own culture and society. Not only did the Romans openly embrace these innovations, they were completely comfortable with adopting the ideas of others as well.
Quote ID: 8330
Time Periods: 0
Book ID: 385 Page: 19
Section: 1A
By obtaining a Carthaginian warship, the Romans were able to reverse engineer the captured vessel, and with the Carthaginian ship fully disassembled, the Roman craftsmen and shipbuilders were able to copy the design. Within an extremely short period of time, The Romans were literally stripping the Italian peninsula bare of trees in order to build their own fleet so that they could challenge Carthaginians on the Mediterranean. By the time the Romans had finished with the first Punic War, they had become master shipbuilders in their own right and had wrested control of the Mediterranean from the hands of a nation which had operated with near impunity across the Mediterranean Sea for centuries.
Quote ID: 8331
Time Periods: 0
Book ID: 385 Page: 19
Section: 4B
This is perfectly seen in the way in which many Romans fell deeply and passionately in love with the Hellenic culture even as they wrested control of the ancient world from the Greeks. Some Romans fully embraced the Greek pantheon and theology, as well as certain Greek customs, and in addition to this, the finest Roman households hired Greek tutors for their sons to teach them the sciences and philosophy. The well-known book on stoic philosophy written by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was based primarily upon the Hellenic philosophy of stoicism which Marcus Aurelius so readily embraced and practiced.
Quote ID: 8332
Time Periods: 01
Book ID: 385 Page: 43
Section: 4B
While there had been female initiates and practitioners in the Persian Empire and in other Eastern countries, this was not the case in the Roman Empire. The cult of Mithras was a military religion, and in the Roman Empire only men served within the ranks of the legions.
Quote ID: 8333
Time Periods: 234
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