foreigners into the capital city, it was but natural that many strange cults should creep into Rome which were not recognized by the government and were hence beyond the jurisdiction of the pontifices who supervised the national cult. Inasmuch as the foreigner residing at Rome was excluded from the exercise of the Roman religion, which was purely national in character,1 it was only natural that he should be unmolested in the exercise, within certain limits, of his own.2 However, under the republic