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.
This shrine developed towards the end of 2nd century and remained active until beginning 4th.
The Mithraeum of London, also known as the Walbrook Mithraeum, was contextualised and relocated to its original site in 2016.
A votive altar referring to the cult of Mithras was found more than forty years before the site was excavated and the Mithraeum discovered.
The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.
Castor-vase of St Albans
Tauroctony from Velletri
Tauroctony sculpture in the Sala dei Animali
Altars to Cautes and Cautopates of Stefano Rotondo
Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
Altar 2 of Tibiscum by Hermadio
Inscription by Decimus from Lambaesis
Aion gold figurine from Geneva
Candelabrum of Caernarfon
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Tauroctony and inscription: CIMRM 1012-13 12 stone balls and bronze lamp: CIMRM 1016
Glad to hear, Joel. Feel free to send some pics!
Añadido al sitio, aquí: https://www.mithraeum.eu/notitia/the-discourse-on-the-eighth-and-ninth-868…
Love the picture of both guys besides the statue. Aren't they called Cautes and Cautopates by a chance?
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
hello, what does symbolize this huge spher with a crown over? I believe resurrection of the soul …
Everyone crowds around to see which books they have in common. ;-)
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wHAT?WHat???
on CIMRM 1743
And don’t forget the keys he’s carrying, another clear clue to his role...
on CIMRM 571
Dear Jorge, on two slabs from the Baths of Diocletian, the one from Santo Stefano Rotondo and the one from Tor Cervara …
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