One early variant or branch of Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, we have already named. |
Rome was also the base of several mystery cults, such as Mithraism. |
A more important fact was that Mithraism was a religion of redemption. |
Mithraism easily combined with the worship of Apollo, or the Sun-God. |
Eastern cults such as Mithraism also grew in popularity towards the end of the occupation. |
In the reign of Pompey, Mithraism, a cult borrowed from Persia, was spread throughout the empire. |