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SUMMARY
Although the religious culture of the Graeco-Roman world was polytheistic, monotheistic beliefs were widespread throughout the ancient world in the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial Periods. Asia Minor has provided a substantial quantity of evidence for monotheistic cults. The most important is a group of about 300 inscriptions dated between the 2nd century BC and the 4th century AD. Moreover, the overall evidence has led to the conclusion that contemporary monotheistic systems not only originate but they also owe their rapid expansion to the Roman Imperial Period. |
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