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A Syrian prophetess of Marius (1)

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03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices


Keywords
oracles
Period
2nd century CE
Roman Empire
Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars


Text
Plutarch, Marius 17:
There was, in fact, a Syrian woman named Martha who, it seems, pronounced oracles and whom Marius took with him everywhere, having her borne in pomp in a litter, and he offered sacrifices only upon her instructions. Previously she had been driven from the Senate when she aspired to speak to the senators about these events [the invasion of the Cimbri who were threatening Italy] and predict the oucome of the war. But she had gained access to the ladies of Rome and had provided them with proof of her talents.


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Plutarch, Marius 17

Bibliography

Turcan 1996, 137Turcan, Robert. The Cults of the Roman Empire. Oxford, Cambridge MA: Blackwell 1986.

Amar Annus


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