Note 293 — VIII ORIENTAL RELIGIONS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
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Lydus, de mens. IV, 59. Cf. Cumont, The Oriental Religions, pp. 55 ff. Some scholars doubt the evidence and would place the introduction of the festivals in the time of the Antonines; so Wissowa, Religion und Kultus der Römer2, p. 322.