The truth of revelation : demonstrated by an appeal to existing monuments, sculptures, gems, coins, and medals (1840)
Murray, John, 1786?-1851 · London : W. Smith · leaf 381
firstemperors of Rome, for its attachment to the Caesars onthe rebellion of Crassus. According to Dion Cassius,this privilege, which had formerly been bought at agreat price, became so cheap, at last, that it was com-monly said, a man might be made a Roman citizen fora few pieces of broken glass.… … is the representation of Isis, wherein the Egyptiancontour of visage is sufficiently marked; the emblemsare those of Isis. On the reverse, we have an Egyptianfigure, with a flagellum and sickle: all which shews,in a way sufficiently clear, the source of their mytho-logy. When the viper fastened on…
Creation · Archaeology
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