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Acta diurna

Daily Gazette/7

Acta diurna is our Mithraic social stream for keeping up to date with what is happening in The New Mithraeum.

 
Dec 2024
Syndexios

Septimius Severus

First African emperor of Rome (193 – 211), born in Leptis Magna, now Al-Khums in Libya.
Dec 2024
Syndexios

Aurelian

Roman emperor of humble origin who reunited the Empire and repelled the pressure of barbarian invasions and internal revolts.
Dec 2024
Syndexios

Caracalla

Emperor Caracalla ordered one of Rome’s largest temples to the god Mithras to be built in the baths bearing his name.
Dec 2024
Monumentum

CIMRM 765

This bronze arm, with stars and a swastika, was once thought to be part of a Mithras statuette but has since been dismissed as unrelated to the Mithras cult.
Dec 2024
NewMonumentum

Tauroctony from Carnuntum

Relief of Mithras killing the bull with an inscription from a certain Aurelius Macer who dedicates it to Sol Invictus Mithras.
Dec 2024
NewVideo

Mithras in Dacia with Csaba Szabó

Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.
Dec 2024
NewSocius
Historien
Historien
Dec 2024
Socius
Dave Fingrut has visited Mithraea and tauroctonies on three continents. He takes his cosmopolitan rootless and his anti-fascism premature.
Dave Fingrut has visited Mithraea and tauroctonies on three continents. He takes his cosmopolitan rootless and his anti-fascism premature.
Nov 2024
NewMonumentum

Petrogeny from Aquileia

This fragment of a sculpture depicting the birth of Mithras from a rock, intertwined with a chaotic mass of serpent coils, was discovered in Aquileia, Italy.
Nov 2024
Syndexios

Proficentius

Pater sacrorum and founder of the Mithraeum under the Basilica of S. Lorenzo.
Nov 2024
NewMonumentum

Mitreo di Capodimonte

The Mithraeum of Visentium, near Capodimonte in Viterbo, was carved grotto-style into a tuff cliff overlooking the waters of Lake Bolsena, just a few dozen metres away.
Nov 2024
NewMonumentum

Sabazios with tauroctony from Bolsena

This unusual bronze bust of Sabazios features multiple symbolic elements, including Mithras slaying the bull beneath his chest.
Nov 2024
NewMonumentum

Tablet of Antiochus I from Samsat

"The remaining figure on this monument, Herakles, was previously misidentified as Apollo on this remarkable black basalt tablet from Samsat, known in Roman times as Samosata.
Nov 2024
NewMonumentum

Mithraic inscription from Anazarba

This dedicatory inscription by a pater of Mithras, found in Cilicia, aligns with Plutarch’s account of Cilician pirates performing foreign sacrifices and secret rites of Mithras.
Nov 2024
NewMonumentum

Second phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

This second relief depicting a phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been positioned alongside its counterpart atop pillars that greet visitors to the Mithras shrine.
Nov 2024
NewMonumentum

Slab from the Palace of Darius at Persepolis

This plaque, located on the western staircase of the Palace of Darius, mentions the god Mithra together with Ahura Mazda as protectors of King Artaxerxes III Ochus.
Nov 2024
NewMonumentum

Tauroctony relief from Apulum

This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes various singular features specific to the Danubian area.
Nov 2024
NewSocius
Astrologa _
Astrologa _
Nov 2024
NewMonumentum

Taurcotony of Secundinus

This remarkable marble statue of Mithras killing the bull from Apulum includes a unique dedication by its donor, featuring the rare term signum, seldom found in Mithraic contexts.
Nov 2024
NewMonumentum

Tauroctony of Gérman

This remarkable relief of Mithras killing the bull was found in 2014 in Gérman, near Sofia, Bulgaria, and is now housed in the Sofia History Museum.
 
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