The Digital Atlas of Roman Sanctuaries in the Danubian Provinces (DAS) is the first comprehensive and open access representation of sacralised spaces in the area.
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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.
Introductio
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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.
Mysteriesofmithras/sandbox
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 Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.
The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.
Two Mithras sanctuaries, which were located on the edge of the settlement, were excavated in Güglingen.
The remains of the Jajački Mithraeum were discovered accidentally during excavation for the construction of a private house in 1931.
Altar of Firmidius Severinus from Geneva
Tauroctony from the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
Cautes from Newcastle
Second Cautes of Sidon holding an axe
Tauroctony from the Mitreo dell'Esquilino
Mithras rock-birth fresco of Hawarte
Altar of Sol of Via del Mare
Procession Fresco from Santa Prisca
Tauroctony from Cluj
Sententia
12 178 ROMA ROMA (Reg. IX) is part of the next entry and should be removed from here. ;-)
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Update! Found a new post-classical monument, this one from the French Renaissance: https://www.mithraeum.eu/monument/771…
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Thank you for the beautiful image and the information. I haven’t had the chance to visit it yet…
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CIMRM 1111
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
Oceanus appears several times in Mithraic iconography. In some cases, though it is unclear whether it is Oceanus or Saturn…
Thank you for the beautiful image and the information. I haven’t had the chance to visit it yet…
It’s much bluer in person.
on Intaglio with Mithras and Abraxas at the Walters Art Museum
I think we were talking about two types of globes: you were mentioning the small spheres carried by certain figures…
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