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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.
The Mithraeum of the terms of Mithras takes its name from being installed in the service area of the Baths of Mithras.
The Mithraeum of Aldobrandini was excavated in 1924 by G. Calza on the premises belonging to the Aldobrandini family.
Altar to Sol by brothers of Budaors
Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte
Aion of Mérida
Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj
Altar of Sarmizegetusa by Hermadio
CIMRM 1705
Mithras rock-born from Housesteads
Mithraic arcosolium of Catacombe de Marcellino e Pietro
Mithras sacrificing the bull at Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Sententia
Gracias a ti por unirte. Abrazos!
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The map entry seems to be wrong, nowhere near Saarbrücken
Respectfully brother I agree with you, although we may disagree on what that phrase refers to.
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some pictures from 1895:
Lovely and mystic place to visit, hidden in the woods, surrounded by rocks.
Update! Found a new post-classical monument, this one from the French Renaissance: https://www.mithraeum.eu/monument/771…
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Interesting… but I think there might be a mix-up here. I mean everyone is entitled to their own…
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This him! ^__^ Now we need a better picture of that tauroctony.... ;-)
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y un cuarto por encima del 3º
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