This book is about the multiplicity of gods and religions that characterized the Roman world before Constantine. It was not the noble gods such as Jove, Apollo

Introduction -- Foreign cults in Rome -- Cult introductions of the third century -- Foreign priests in Rome -- Prodigies and expiations -- Ludi -- Establishing

The twenty-one studies assembled in this volume focus on the apparatus and practitioners of religions in the western Roman empire, the enclaves, temples, altars

In The Impact of the Roman Empire on The Cult of Asclepius Ghislaine van der Ploeg offers an overview and analysis of how worship of the Graeco-Roman god Asclep

Simon Price attempts to discover why the Roman Emperor was treated like a god.