Abstract
According to Flavius Josephus, the emperor Tiberius ordered the temple of Isis in Rome destroyed and its priesthood crucified in AD 19 because of a lurid affair involving sex and bribery. The alleged incident is not known from any other ancient source, and details of the story suggests it represents a literary fiction created to put the expulsion of the Jews from Rome that same year into an apologetic perspective.
| Translated title of the contribution | The Decius Mundus Affair |
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| Original language | Danish |
| Journal | Papyrus |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 16-19 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISSN | 0903-4714 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2018 |