Abstract

This thesis is a descriptive narrative of the spread of the Isis cuh from Alexandria, Eygpt to the Campanian region in Italy. The work considers the broader historic background of the cult in order to understand fully how and why the Isis cult came to Italyand stayed for nearly one thousand years. A closer inspection of the Isis cult at Pompeii offers a more in depth look at the cult and its worshippers. This closer inspection shows that the Isis cuh at Pompeii, which often used as the source of much information regarding the cult, was different from other Isis cuhs in that it had no connection to the cult of Serapis unlike most other Isis cults.