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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:religion
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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Mystery cults
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gptkbp:appealsTo
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individual salvation
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gptkbp:characterizedBy
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initiation ceremonies
secret rituals
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gptkbp:contrastsWith
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public Roman religion
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gptkbp:declinedAfter
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4th century CE
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gptkbp:excludes
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State religion of Rome
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gptkbp:flourishedDuring
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gptkb:Roman_Empire
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Roman mystery religions
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gptkbp:includes
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gptkb:Cult_of_Cybele
gptkb:Cult_of_Isis
gptkb:Mithraism
gptkb:Orphic_Mysteries
gptkb:Eleusinian_Mysteries
Cult of Dionysus
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gptkbp:influenced
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early Christian rituals
late antique religious thought
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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Greek mystery religions
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gptkbp:mainDeity
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gptkb:Isis
gptkb:Persephone
gptkb:Dionysus
gptkb:Demeter
gptkb:Mithras
gptkb:Cybele
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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seasonal festivals
esoteric teachings
hierarchical structure
exclusive membership
sacred objects
promise of afterlife
initiation grades
symbolic meals
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gptkbp:practicedIn
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gptkb:Ancient_Rome
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gptkbp:spreadTo
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gptkb:military
trade
slaves
immigrants
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gptkbp:studiedBy
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archaeologists
classicists
historians of religion
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gptkbp:suppressedBy
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gptkb:Edict_of_Thessalonica
gptkb:Christianization_of_the_Roman_Empire
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Tauroctony_(Mithras_slaying_the_bull)
gptkb:pre-Christian_Europe
gptkb:Greek_mystery_cults
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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