The Cult of Isis and Other Mystery Religions in Pompeii and the Roman World
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Panel: “Culture and Society in the Ancient World”
Mystery cults were the religious cults within the Greco-Roman world that were secretive in nature but offered their followers the notion of life after death. Mystery cults that threatened Roman political life and the state religion faced suppression and persecution. The mystery cults of Bacchus and Isis were the cults that the Roman government attacked the most. The persecution happened for ent...
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