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.
Notitiae
Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
On what Hekate’s name may or may not tell us, and why the uncertainty matters.
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:…
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.
Newsroom
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.
Agencia
The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.
Although the site at Cerro de San Albín is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.
The name of this domus comes from the fact that some authors once associated one of its mosaics with the cult of Mithras, a connection that has since been dismissed.
The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves a remarkable series of frescoes depicting scenes from the initiation rites.
Castor-vase of St Albans
Tauroctony relief from Villa Borghese
Denarius depicting Mithras rock-birth of St. Albans
The Acosolium of the Mysteries in the Hypogeum of Vibia
Initiation scene from Capua Vetere
Intaglio with Tauroctony from Munich
Tauroctonia de Walbrook
CIMRM 927
Plaque of Milan by Ulbius Gaianus
Sententia
Hi Levin: It’s quite a common point of view in religious contexts to worrying about to what…
on Hyenas or Lionesses? Mithraism and Women in the Religious World of the Late Antiquity
I don’t understand why he needs a shower cap to go surfing.
on a post
Well, thanks for getting back to me. If there’s anything you’d like to know, feel free to poke me. Nice to meet you…
on Beth
It’s like I’m being followed... but in a good way. ^__^
on CIMRM 1694
Thank you Pattie! Just updated the monument with the right CIMRM reference.
Another angle of the sanctuary, showing its open layout toward the road.
I knew this amazing capital in Monreale. In Sicily, isn’t it? It’s quite remarkable…
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
Probably at home... but I’m at work. ;-) Will get back to you.
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