On what Hekate’s name may or may not tell us, and why the uncertainty matters.
Notitiae
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
Press clips
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 Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.
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 Visentium, near Capodimonte in Viterbo, was carved grotto-style into a tuff cliff overlooking the waters of Lake Bolsena, just a few dozen metres away.
The remains of the Jajački Mithraeum were discovered accidentally during excavation for the construction of a private house in 1931.
Tauroctony from Capri
Altar of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia
Tauroctonic medallion from Caesarea Maritima
Feast from Mérida
Lion relief from Nemrut Dag
Tauroctony from Ruše
Altar of Inveresk with a griffin
Aion of York
Tauroctony bronze of Szőny
Sententia
Great shot! Thanks for sharing, Pattie. We’d need a reference though, not go our entire database ;…
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CIMRM 1111
I guess indeed Vermaseren was referring to what we call pine cones today.
Porphyry says that the cave isn’t only the symbol of the Cosmos, but also the symbol of invisible powers…
We don’t have a website but we do have a Facebook page as the Longthorpe Legion, so please have a look and see what we do.
on Martin
Dear Alex, Absolutely. As a cult varies according to its geographical context…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
This is not CIMRM 893. The Bordeaux mithraeum is post-CIMRM. Here’s CIMRM 893: https://www.tertullian…
Hello! I’ve read your article and am currently immersed in studying the Mithras cult…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
Is he being born from Capricorn? Winter Solstice?
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