Franz Cumont
Born: January 3, 1868
Died: August 20, 1947 (aged 79)
Bio: Franz-Valéry-Marie Cumont was a Belgian archaeologist and historian, a philologist and student of epigraphy, who brought these often isolated specialties to bear on the syncretic mystery religions of Late Antiquity, notably Mithraism.
Known for:
- The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
- Roman Paganism
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