. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. gave a jn-iest to Driisus (C. /. C!. 181,264, and 311). A eontomporary of Augustus, Laboo, a temple at Cyme. Cf. Egger,Afem. of Ancient History, p. 78, and in the C. 1. G. an inscription from Olhia, No. 2,087;from Paphos, No. 2,629; from Aphrodisias, No. 2,738; from Nisa, No. 2,043, etc. See inMem. lie IAcad. des inscr. i. 466 (duod. cd.), a dissertation by the Abbé Mongault on thedivine honors accorded in the time of the Rejiublic. See Vol. II. p. 634. . Ciii viralim populun statuas pnxutml, ni
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. gave a jn-iest to Driisus (C. /. C!. 181,264, and 311). A eontomporary of Augustus, Laboo, a temple at Cyme. Cf. Egger,Afem. of Ancient History, p. 78, and in the C. 1. G. an inscription from Olhia, No. 2,087;from Paphos, No. 2,629; from Aphrodisias, No. 2,738; from Nisa, No. 2,043, etc. See inMem. lie IAcad. des inscr. i. 466 (duod. cd.), a dissertation by the Abbé Mongault on thedivine honors accorded in the time of the Rejiublic. See Vol. II. p. 634. . Ciii viralim populun statuas pnxutml, nil i/im-r rt riiw .tiip/ilicdhal(Seneca, Dc Ira, iii. 18). See, for other examples, C. I. G. Nos. .SI r, :\.ît\ I, etc 2 Le Bas, Inscr. iii. » Priestess of Isis, with the lotos-flower upon her forehead, and holiliug in her hand a vase ADMINISÏKATION OF AUGUSTUS IN THE PIIOVINCES. 185 the people the personification of this divinity, and for two centu-ries the provincial writers extolled him with enthusiastic , Roma, sa^s a Ponipeian inscription ; Happiness to the. MITHRA SACRIFICING A BULL.^ Emperor Augustus ! says another ; and a third adds : •• Our princesbeing preserved, we are happy for eternity. Making all dueallowance for official flattery, there is still to be heard in these of lustral water. Statue in the Museum of the Capitol. [Note the beautiful Jrajiing of thisfi<;ure, which is common in statues of Isis. The knotted ends belong to the mantle wrapjjingthe figure.—Ed.] 1 Bas-relief in the Louvre. This is the most important monument remaining to us of thePersian worship of Slithra in the Roman Empire. Slithra in his cavern (spelaettm) sacrifices toJupiter Sabazius the bull whose blood will give regeneration. Around the prostrate bull area scorpion, a serpent, and a dog. To the right and left the Genius of the day, with lightedtorch, and of the night with torch extinguished. Overhead is the earth with its productions ;higher still, Aurora a
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