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 city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
Lors de la construction de l’église Saint-Paul en 1911, un mithraeum a été mis au jour à Königshoffen, vicus gallo-romain situé aux abords du camp légionnaire de Strasbourg-Argentorate.
Two Mithras sanctuaries, which were located on the edge of the settlement, were excavated in Güglingen.
The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.
CIMRM 667
Inscripton of Justus from Caerleon
Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
Tauroctony relief of Sarmizegetusa
Inscription on the base of a statue from Stabiae
Inscription with Cautes and Cautopates of Steklen
CIMRM 122
Sabazios with Mithras from Bolsena
Slab of Sol Invictus
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And don’t forget the keys he’s carrying, another clear clue to his role...
My point is not to disrespect your faith but to suggest that both the archangel and the deity have…
on Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype: Underground Clubs of the Syndexioi and Pueri Superbi
the Romans were very superstitious. they feared the 'evil eye', the jealousy of other people…
Gallia, Vol. 6, No. 2 (1948), pp. 289-347 (59 pages)
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Dear Veronica, as a woman you cannot attend the ceremonies in the mithraeum. But you can help prepare the feast…
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Thank you for your insights Hamed. Very inspiring ✨✨✨
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The sculpture was found, according to its discoverer, next to the western wall that delimits the impluvium…
Interesting… but I think there might be a mix-up here. I mean everyone is entitled to their own…
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Congratulations to the city hall of Lugo and all the team who participated in this unexpected…
on The Mithreaum of Lugo reveals the expansion of the Persian cult to the boundaries of Hispania
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