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.
The first members of the Wiesloch Mithraeum may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.
The remains of the Mithraeum of Aosta, also known as the Mitreo di Augusta Praetoria, were discovered in 1953 in insula 59, in a commercial district of the ancient city.
The Mithraeum of the Snakes preserves paintings of serpents, representing Genius Loci, part of an older private sanctuary, which were respected in the temple of Mithras.
The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
Tauroctony medallion of Transylvania
Tauroctony from the Mitreo dell'Esquilino
Mithraic relief of Baris
Tauroctonia de Walbrook
Inscription of Lucius Sempronius
Sol in quadriga of Entrains
Lápida mitráica de San Juan de la Isla
Two Mithras-Attis terracotta from Kerch
Altar of Bergamo
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Beautiful and unexpected piece, Pattie. Thanks for sharing. Do you have any more information about…
By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the medieval times: https:…
Thank you! Carole is properly credited now.
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Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
I knew this amazing capital in Monreale. In Sicily, isn’t it? It’s quite remarkable…
Is the Date on the side correct? I guess it’s not 32 cm but 3,6 cm. Or am I wrong?
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Photo by the awesome Carole Raddato of Hollowing Hadrian.
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