This book comes very close

who created the most powerful empire the world had ever seen

from the most ancient at the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai to those from Greece

with Ruud Priem and Julia I

ThesCRA, Volume IV medieval This book comes very closeThesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum (ThesCRA) is a major multivolume reference on all known aspects of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman cults and rituals. Providing both a sweeping overview and in depth investigation, ThesCRA covers the period from Homeric times (1000 BCE) to late Roman times (CE 400). A definitive work on the topic, ThesCRA is the culmination of many years of research by scholars from across the United States and Europe and throughout