Fw: Re: [tied] Re: Frankish origins

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Torsten" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "ehlsmith" <ehlsmith@> wrote:
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Torsten" <tgpedersen@> wrote:
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> > > It seems no one has considered a possible Sarmatian origin for
> > > Roman Mithraism.
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithras
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> From my posting you left out:
> 'Large recruitment of ethnic Sarmatians (from either side of the limes) in the Roman armies would tie in with that.
> '
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> > Since the wikipedia article to which you linked indicates that
> > modern scholarship tends towards the belief that Mithraism
> > originated in the Graeco-Roman world rather than in the Iranian why
> > should they consider a Sarmatian origin?
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> I think they should have considered it before starting to tend towards any particular belief.

Torsten,

I apologize if you thought I edited too much, but I still don't see your point.

Why would large recruitment of ethnic Sarmatians tie into the growth of Mithraism in the Roman Empire? Where is there the slightest indication that any Sarmatians held Mithraic beliefs prior to acquiring them from Romans?

And unless there is such evidence, how can scholars consider the question? What is there for them to consider?

Ned Smith