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| Causes of Roman Religious Diversity | 1. Greek pantheon 2. Animistic Religions 3. Religion from the provinces |
| Mystery Religions | Offer hope of life after death and require initiation ceremonies known only to believers |
| Mithraism | A cult from Persia celebrating Mithras, exalted loyalty and fraternity, popular with soldiers |
| Mithras | A Persian god of truth, justice and evil, dualism, a spirit of light |
| Mithraeum | Secrete sanctuaries, often underground, used for initiation to cult of Mithras |
| Judaism | Monotheistic religion from Judea |
| Christianity | Monotheistic religion from Judea, believes Jesus Christ is son of God, early followers lower class |
| Stoicism | Philosophy believing man's aim in life should be Virtue rather that pleasure, preferred a Republic |
| Cult of Isis | Cult from Egyptian provinces |
| Cult of Bacchus | Cult where people drank wine and were taken over by enthusiastic Bacchus |
| Capitoline triad | Jupiter, Juno and Minerva |
