Dutch Isis

Dutch Isis December 31, 2008

Burckhardt again, describing the Roman spread of the Isis cult: “Roman arms spread the worship of Isis to the frontiers of the Empire, in the Netherlands as in Switzerland and South Germany. It penetrated private life more thoroughly and earlier than the cult of the great Semitic goddess.”

Thus an Egyptian cult, spread by Roman legions, ended up in the low countries along the Atlantic coast of Europe.


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