Connecting the Isiac Cults: Formal Modeling in the Hellenistic Mediterranean

Why did Egyptian cults, especially those dedicated to the goddess Isis and god Sarapis, spread so successfully across the ancient Mediterranean after the death of Alexander the Great? How are we limited by the established methodological apparatus of historiography and which innovative methods from other disciplines can overcome these limits?

In this book, Tomáš Glomb shows that while the interplay of different factors such as the economy, climate, and politics created favorable conditions ...