{Christian Pagans?...}[21st February 1991]

[Redbook8:274][19910221:1142]{Christian Pagans?...}[21st February 1991]

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‘A striking case of late Roman religious eclecticism is given by the emperor Alexander Severus (222-35[CE]),* who placed in his household oratory (lararium) statues of such figures as deified Emperors (only the most noble selected) and other sacred persons including the philosopher Apollonius of Tyana,** Christ, Abraham, Orpheus, and Alexander the Great.

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*S~|r~

**Who he?

[Look him up – worth a read]

***– E[ncylopaedia of] V[isual] A[rt] 2:361

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