Lux perpetua. Les pratiques funéraires et les croyances sur l'au-delà de l'Antiquité romaine à l'époque impériale. Moyen-âge in the age of steam

in the age of steam and print

or the earthquake in Naples in 1456

according to Herodotus

sanctuaire shintô du VIIe siècle

It advocates a unique solution to computing the period of primordial history

Lux perpetua. Les pratiques funéraires et les croyances sur l'au-delà de l'Antiquité romaine à l'époque impériale. Moyen-âge in the age of steamLux Perpetua, Franz Cumont's last work, published posthumously in 1949, is a masterful work exploring funerary practices and beliefs about the afterlife from Roman antiquity to the imperial era. It offers a remarkable synthesis and a deep understanding of how the Romans perceived immortality . This work is an essential reference that, among other things, has highlighted the importance of Eastern cults and their impact on spirituality in ancient Rome.