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I4i6s 8 . Inscription of Thaim of Canatha: Kaibel, Inscr. gr.,
XIV, 2532.
14. Gregory of Tours, Hist. Fr., VIII, I. On the diffusion
of the Syrians in Gaul, see Brehier, loc. cit., p. 16 ff
15. Cf. Brehier, Les origines du crucifix dans I art religieux,
Paris, 1904.
16. Adonis: Wissowa, p. 300, n. I. Balmarcodes : Pauly-
Wissowa, Rcalenc., s. v. ; Jalabert, Mel fac. orient. Beyrouth,
I, p. 182. Manias: The existence at Ostia of a "Marneum"
can be deduced from the dedication CIG, 5892 (cf. Drexler in
Roscher, Lexikon, s. v., col. 2382). On Maleciabrudus, cf.
supra, n. 10. The Maiuma festival was probably introduced
with the cult of the god of Gaza, Lydus, De Mensib., IV, 80
(p- Wunsch I33> ed.) = Suidas s. v. Matou/ias and Drexler,
loc. cit., col. 2287. Cf. Clermont-Ganneau, Rec. d archeol
orient., IV, p. 339.
17. Cf. Pauly-Wissowa, s. v. "Damascenus, Dusares."
18. Malalas, XI, p. 280, 12 (Bonn). The temple has re
cently been excavated by a German mission; cf. Puchstein,
Fiihrer in Baalbek, Berlin, 1905. On the Hadad at Rome, cf.
supra, n. 10.
19. CIL, X, 1634: "Cultores lovis Heliopolitani Berytcnses
qui Puteolis consistunt"; cf. Wissowa, loc. cit., p. 504, n. 3;
Ch. Dubois, Pouzzoles antique, Paris, 1906, p. 156.
20. A list of the known military societies has been made by
Cichorius in Pauly-Wissowa, Rcalencycl,
"Cohors."
s. v. "Ala" and
21. CIL, VII, 759 = Buecheler, Carmina epigr., 24. Two
inscriptions dedicated to the Syrian Hercules (Melkarth) and
to Astarte have been discovered at Corbridge, near New
castle (Inscr. gr., XIV, 2553). It is possible that Tyrian
archers were cantoned there.
22. Baltis: Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclop.,
s. v.
23. Pauly-Wissowa, Realcnc., s. v. "Aziz"; cf. Wissowa, op.
cit., p. 303, n. 7-
24. On the etymology of Malakbel, see Dussaud, Notes, 24 ff.
On the religion in the Occident see Edit. Meyer in Roscher,
Lexikon,
s. v.