8 This point has been made by S. E. Hijmans, 'The Sun which did not rise in the East.The Cult of Sol Invictus in the Light of Non-Literary Evidence', Babesch.Bulletin antieke beschaving 71 (1996), pp.115-150 over against more conventional works such as G. H. Halsberghe, The Cult of Sol Invictus (Leiden, 1972).Among the numerous and wide-spread writings of Franz Cumont I only quote his famous Les religions orientales dans le paganisme romain, frrst published in Paris, 1906, with many reprints and translations in various languages.9 Cf.M. Clauss, 'Sollnvictus Mithras', Athenaeum 78 (1990), pp.423-450.10 A characteristic example for this tendency is Macrobius, sat.1,17-23.For more detailed references cf.M. Wallraff, Christus Verus Sol.Sonnenverehrung und Christentum in der Spätantike (submitted as Habilitationsschrift to the University of Bonn in 1999, publication in preparation), esp.chapter 1.2; on the tendency towards monotheism in general cf.
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