I. Rome and the Orient ... [1]
Superiority of the Orient, [1].—Its Influence on Political Institutions, [3].—Its Influence on Civil Law, [5].—Its Influence on Science, [6].—Its Influence on Literature and Art, [7].—Its Influence on Industry, [9].—Sources: Destruction of Pagan Rituals, [11].—Mythographers, [12].—Historians, [13].—Satirists, [13].—Philosophers, [14].—Christian Polemicists, [15].—Archeological Documents, [16].
II. Why the Oriental Religions Spread ... [20]
Difference in the Religions of the Orient and the Occident, [20].—Spread of Oriental Religions, [22].—Economic Influences, [23].—Theory of Degeneration, [25].—Conversions are of Individuals, [27].—Appeal of the Oriental Religions to the Senses, [28].—Appeal to the Intelligence, [31].—Appeal to the Conscience, [35].—Inadequacy of the Roman Religion, [35].—Skepticism, [37].—Imperial Power, [38].—The Purification of Souls, [39].—Hope of Immortality, [42].—Conclusion, [43].
III. Asia Minor ... [46]
Arrival of Cybele at Rome, [46].—Her Religion in Asia Minor, [47].—Religion at Rome under the Republic, [51].—Adoption of the Goddess Ma-Bellona, [53].—Politics of Claudius, [55].—Spring Festival, [56].—Spread of the Phrygian Religion in the Provinces, [57].—Causes of Its Success, [58].—Its Official Recognition, [60].—Arrival of Other Cults: Mèn, [61].—Judaism, [63].—Sabazius, [64].—Anahita, [65].—The Taurobolium, [66].—Philosophy, [70].—Christianity, [70].—Conclusion, [71].
IV. Egypt ... [73]
Foundation of Serapis Worship, [73].—The Egyptian Religion Hellenized, [75].—Diffusion in Greece, [79].—Adoption at Rome, [80].—Persecutions, [82].—Adoption Under Caligula, [84].—Its History, [85].—Its Transformation, [86].—Uncertainty in Egyptian Theology, [87].—Insufficiency of Its Ethics, [90].—Power of Its Ritual, [93].—Daily Liturgy, [95].—Festivals, [97].—Doctrine of Immortality, [99].—The Refrigerium, [101].
V. Syria ... [103]