the two
received
divine
honours,
separately
or
conjointly,
not only
in Italy,
and
especially
at Rome,
but also
in the
provinces,
particularly
in Africa,
Spain,
Portugal,
France,
Germany,
and
Bulgaria.
Their
worship
survived
the
establishment
of
Christianity
by
Constantine;
for
Symmachus
records
the
recurrence
of the
festival
of the
Great
Mother,
and in the
days of
Augustine
her
effeminate
priests
still
paraded
