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The prevailing scholarship on the Syrian-Lebanese in Brazil argues that the economic success of these immigrants is mainly the product of merit and hard work—the tenet of exceptional social mobility thesis. This dissertation contends that a key missing aspect of the precept is t…

This dissertation provides an in-depth analysis of the evidence for the cults of Syrian-Phoenician gods in Rome, and contributes to an understanding of their significance as "alternative" religions within the urban culture of the city during the imperial period. The introduction…