On what Hekate’s name may or may not tell us, and why the uncertainty matters.
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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.
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.
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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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The Mysteries of Mithras is an independent Initiatic Order which is inspired by and uses the allegory of the lost and ancient Mithraic Mysteries also known as Mithraism a previously influential Roman Cult of the same name.
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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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The Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as the Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is the oldest surviving Mithraic temple in Iran known to date.
The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.
The Mithraea of Doliche, ancient Dülük, Turkey, are unique in that they represent two distinct shrines on the same site.
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
Altar with inscription of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale
Tauroctony from Villa Borghese
Tauroctony found under the Palazzo Montecitorio (CIMRM 430)
Mithras-Men from Rome
Tauroctony from Nesce
Tauroctony relief from Crikvine
Tauroctony from Aquileia
Tauroctony from Viale Latino
Mithraic altar from Venosa
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Probably at home... but I’m at work. ;-) Will get back to you.
Thanks for noticing! CC now, omnia recte ;)
on Proposal of a Mithraic ritual based on archaeological remains
Mmmm… do you mean this one?
on CIMRM 893
Glad it wasn’t routine & boring.
on Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype: Underground Clubs of the Syndexioi and Pueri Superbi
Thank you for noticing, Ron. The Syrian location mentioned before referred to the original Roman Province, I guess. Regards.
Great shot! Thanks for sharing, Pattie. We’d need a reference though, not go our entire database ;…
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hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…
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