At Rome’s twilight, amid political upheaval and Christian ascendancy, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus embodied pagan intellect, virtue, and authority across senatorial, military, and mystical spheres.
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By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation:…
This article revisits the Mithraeum of S. Maria Capua Vetere, one of the most complete and artistically refined Mithraic sanctuaries in the Campanian region, situating it within its archaeological, iconographic, and ritual-historical contexts.
In his first book, Fahim Ennouhi sheds light on the cult of Mithras in Roman Africa. A marginal and elitist phenomenon, confined to restricted circles and largely absent from local religious dynamics, yet revealing.
Restoring the Mysteries: A Conversation with Peter Mark Adams on his new book ‘Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras’.
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Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.
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Over the last century or so, a great deal has been said about the god Mithras and his mysteries, which became known to the European world mainly through his Roman cultus during the Imperial Period.
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A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.
Las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento arqueológico romano de la villa de Mithra, en Cabra (Córdoba), han deparado el excepcional hallazgo de un mitreo, o zona destinada al culto al dios Mithra, cuya estatua fue descubierta hace unos 70 años.
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On the occasion of the exhibition, the Royal Museum of Mariemont invites five experts from Europe to emulate the research on the cult of Mithras.
The floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.
The Mithraeum of Visentium, near Capodimonte in Viterbo, was carved grotto-style into a tuff cliff overlooking the waters of Lake Bolsena, just a few dozen metres away.
The Mithraeum of the Crypta Balbi was locted in the middle of a densely populated insula near the theatre of Cornelius Balbus.
The Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.
Inscription of Valentinus Secundionis
Cautes and Cautopates of Friedberg
CIMRM 1640
CIMRM 42
Tauroctony from Euthices from Apulum
Cultores Inscription from Tiddis
CIMRM 1061
Head of Sol / Helios intarsio from Sant Prisca
Tauroctony from Syracuse
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Indeed, Stephen. The catalogue is highly recommendable for all audiences, academic, professional and the simply curious…
Thank you! ☺️ So nice!
Many thanks for the information, John. The page has been updated.
"...probably an upturned vase with flowers." This needs an eye roll emoji. Seriously, what’s the likelihood?…
on CIMRM 1006
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1899-1201-3 If this piece could be added, too, please…
Gracias a ti, Alex. Me alegra que te resulte interesante.
Pattie, you and I need to talk about those bits one of these days. I'd be glad to know more about them.
Thank you Gabriel. Nice to read you
For the Capua Vetere Mithraeum, here’s the booking link https://cultura.gov…
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