Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire began during the reign of Constantine the Great in the military colony of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), when he destroyed a pagan temple for the purpose ...
性質,加上在古典時代晚期的秘密宗教從西元4世紀開始受到了由基督教羅馬帝國方面對異教徒的迫害(英语:Persecution of Pagans by the Christian Roman Empire)之緣故,今日人們對於這些密教活動、習俗之了解都是來自於他人間接描述、保存至今肖像(畫像或者雕像) ...