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Mapping Roman sanctuaries

The Digital Atlas of Roman Sanctuaries in the Danubian Provinces (DAS) is the first comprehensive and open access representation of sacralised spaces in the area.

Csaba Szabó

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  • Life around the world’s largest Mithras temple revealed at Doliche

    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

    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

  • The Mirror of Mithras

    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.

    P Sufenas Virius Lupus

  • A new mithraeum discovered during excavation in Trier

    A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.

  • Hallan en el yacimiento romano de Cabra (Córdoba) un lugar de culto al dios Mithra

    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

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Some places to visit

  • Mithraeum of Carrawburgh

    The temple of Mithras of Carrawburgh, Brocolita, disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.

     
  • Mithräum von Gimmeldingen

    The few remains of the Mithraeum of Gimmeldingen are preserved at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate, in Speyer, Germany.

     
  • Villa romana de Fuente Álamo

    One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.

     
  • Mitreo della domus dei capitelli

    Archaeologists discovered the 20th temple dedicated to Mithras in Ostia during the restoration of the domus del capitello di stucco in 2022.

     

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Dominique PERSOONS

Nonne speluncae instrumenta communicationis socialis et manipulatio populi, ars tantum inter tyrannos inventa…

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Mithraeum.eu

Thank you for sharing it and congratulations for your beautiful and interesting work.

on Tauroctony from Santa Maria Capua Vetere

 

Matthew K

https://www.mithraeum.eu/group/anglo.mithraic.society

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Nik Shah

It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.

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The New Mithraeum

Indeed Yannick. The right size is 3.6 cm diameter. Thank you.

on Bronze medallion of Gordian III with tauroctony

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Souls enter Cancer and follow the cycle of the moon passing in front of the altar…

on Zodiac stucco of Ponza

 

Dominique PERSOONS

I did not express myself well. I think that this golbe or ball is the soul but also of Plato's Anima Mundi…

on Cautes from Les Bolards

 

Carlos Afonso Santos

Interessante e gostei muito deste artigo. Penso que o culto de Mitra carece de mais documentação arqueológica escrita…

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