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The many lives of Mithras

We speak with Israel Campos Méndez about questions that continue to divide scholars: what links the Indo-Iranian Mithra to the deity worshipped in the Roman Empire, and what do we really know about the origins of Roman Mithraism?

Andreu Abuín
Andreu Abuín

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Some places to visit

  • Mithraeum of Aigio

    The underground cave which served as temple was cut into the conglomerate rock of the area, and a flight of eight steps of stone slabs led to it.

     
  • Niasar Cave

    The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.

     
  • Zeus Brontoon sanctuary near Villa dei Quintili

    Mithras and other oriental gods were worshipped in the shrine of Zeus near the Villa of the Quintilians in Rome.

     
  • Mithraeum of Cyrene

    The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

Dominique PERSOONS

Dear Amicus: as early as the 3rd century AD, Plotinus wrote that the soul was divided into a lower and a higher part: ".…

on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026

 

Alejandro Jiménez Hernández

An essential article for understanding the archaeoastronomical orientation of the Hawarte Mithraeum…

on Mithraeum of Hawarte

 

Pattie L

You can see, by the scoring in the "stone", that the corner was simply added to make it more…

on Tauroctony relief from Naples

 

Pattie L

Thrilled to help. =D

on Altar from Paks

 

Dominique PERSOONS

I believe that the top left corner does not come from this relief: there is no Sun facing the Moon…

on Tauroctony relief from Naples

 

Yannick Schmidt

There has to be a mistake somewhere because it hase same CIMRM number as "Aion of Villa Albani"

on Cautopates in the Walters Art Museum

 

The New Mithraeum

On this, the sun and the moon are a common motif in Roman iconography, appearing of course on the…

on Tauroctony relief from Naples

 

Dominique PERSOONS

We note the alignment: the dog, Mithras’ thigh, cape, raven and Sol; on the other side: bull…

on Mitreo di Santa Prisca

 
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