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...nd rituals which constituted the religious life of Rome until the edict of Theodosius in 390 C.E. [[Abolition_of_gods|barred public cult]]. ...|collegia]]'''''.</onlyinclude><ref name="rupke">Rupke, Jörg "Religion of the Romans"(ISBN 0745630154)</ref>

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'''General Observations on the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West by Edward Gibbon''' ...ssentially contributed to the preservation of the East than to the ruin of the West."'''

...e cult is based mainly on interpretations of the many surviving monuments. The most characteristic of these are depictions of Mithras as being born from a 1 Summary of the cult myth

{{LanguageBar|Olympic Games in the Roman Empire}} ... of the campaign to impose [[Christianity]] as the state religion of Rome. The games were usually held every four years, or Olympiad, which became a unit

...me of Theodosius. The British Museum contains a bust of Marcus Aurelius in the dress of a Frater Arvalis.<ref>Marini, Atti e Monumenti de' Fratri Arvali ( ...rove outside the city wall on the second day and ended back in the city on the third day.

...hens. Although the link to Greek Hellenism would remain for years to come, the Romans would soon develop a rich literature of their own. ...d hardly deny a closeness to Greece since Greek cities had existed on both the lower peninsula and Sicily for many centuries.