Deceneus or Decaeneus (Greek: Δεκαίνεος, Dekaineos) was a priest of Dacia during the reign of Burebista (82/61–45/44 BC). He is mentioned in the near-contemporary Greek Geographica of Strabo [1 ] and in the 6th-century Latin Getica of…
Due to the secret nature of the schools, and because the mystery religions of Late Antiquity were persecuted by the Christian Roman Empire from the 4th century, the details of these religious practices are derived from descriptions, imagery…
Toto meno neskôr prevzali aj Rimania pre bláznovstvo, ktoré údajne vyvoláva a ktoré sa nazýva baccheia. [3 ] Ako Dionýzos Eleutherios („osloboditeľ") svojím vínom, hudbou a extatickým tancom oslobodzuje svojich stúpencov od seba-vedomého…
According to Josephus Flavius (in his Antiquities of the Jews, Xviii, 22). [2 ] [a ] Pleistoros was the god of war Dacians pleistoi, to which these Thracians offered sacrifices of men. [5 ] [6 ] The priests were recruited between nobles…
An Egyptian deity standing above three lions is depicted in several variants on Ascalonian Roman provincial coins, from Antoninus Pius onwards. The only parallel to this unique appearance is on gems.