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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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.
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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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The name of the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates refers to the doors depicted in the mosaic that decorates the floor, symbolising the seven planets through which the souls of the initiates have to pass.
The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres (Sette Sfere) is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.
There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.
The Mitreo dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.
Mithras-Sol Altar from the Carrawburgh
Cautes of Mérida
Tauroctony from Hermopolis
Altar to Transitus from Sárkeszi
Colonne with inscription by workers of the pig market
Mithras head of Walbrook
Tauroctony from Palazzo Mattei di Giove
Castor-vase of St Albans
Tauroctony by Raffaello Sanzio
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Thanks for sharing such an important piece of information
Please be critical! As you can see, this article was written a long time ago and only quotes an article from https://www…
CIMRM 1743 You’re as dyslexic as me! ;-) (Gotta love that the inventory number is stamped right on the stomach…
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I’m working on this inscription, and I’m not sure if you’ve understood and translated it correctly…
I recently had the opportunity to visit the remains of this mithraeum. It is located in Altafulla…
12 178 ROMA ROMA (Reg. IX) is part of the next entry and should be removed from here. ;-)
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He does indeed have a life jacket; it was mandatory for the Romans.
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