This book provides an engaging, systematic introduction to religion in the Roman empire.* Covers both mainstream Graeco-Roman religion and regional religious traditions, from Egypt to Western Europe* Examines the shared assumptions and underlying dynamics that characterized religious life as a whole* Draws on a wide range of primary material, both textual and visual, from literary works, inscriptions and monuments* Offers insight into the religious world in which contemporary rabbinic Judaism and Christianity both had their origin