| Its enemy was Carthage, led by the brilliant commander Hannibal. And it was a threat that led to the introduction of one of the most flamboyant and exotic new goddesses to the city - just in the nick of time. Rome's very existence was in peril. Strange portents and mysterious hailstone storms threatened danger and in their panic the Romans decided to consult the Sibylline Books, sacred texts kept in the great Temple of Jupiter. Their advice was clear - in order to avoid defeat by Hannibal and the Carthaginians, the Romans must import a foreign goddess from Asia Minor. Her name was Magna Mater, the great mother, and her arrival in the city and her acceptance as one of its official gods - that alone would help save Rome. |
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