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Acta diurna

Daily Gazette/17

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

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Dec 2024
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Altar for Cautopates from Ptuj

Altar for Cautopates.
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Dec 2024
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Commodus

Roman emperor, son of the emperor and Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius.
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Dec 2024
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Antiochus IV of Commagene

Last king of Commagene, Antiochus IV reigned between 38 and 72 as a client king to the Roman Empires.
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Dec 2024
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Nero

Fifth Roman emperor and last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from 54 until his death in 68.
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Dec 2024
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Corbulo

Danube region can be traced back to the legions that fought under his command in Armenia.
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Dec 2024
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Tiridates I

Founder of the Arasacid dynasty, Tiridates I was crowned king of Armenia by Nero in 66.
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Dec 2024
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Julian

Roman emperor and philosopher known for his attempt to restore Hellenistic polytheism.
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Dec 2024
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Antiochus I

King of the Greco-Iranian Kingdom of Commagene.
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Dec 2024
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Valerian

Roman emperor from 253 to 260, he was taken captive by Shapur I of Persia. He was thus the first emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war.
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Dec 2024
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Elagabalus

Roman emperor at the age of 14, from 218 to his death in 222, Elagabalus was a main priest of the sun god Elagabal in Emesa.
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Dec 2024
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Septimius Severus

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

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

Emperor Caracalla ordered one of Rome’s largest temples to the god Mithras to be built in the baths bearing his name.
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Dec 2024
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Arm with stars and a swastika

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.
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Dec 2024
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Tauroctony from Carnuntum

Relief of Mithras killing the bull with an inscription from a certain Aurelius Macer who dedicates it to Sol Invictus Mithras.
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Dec 2024
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CIMRM 1410

Conglomerate statue of the birth of Mithras, found in a burnt layer, showing the god nude emerging from the rock with raised hands and a snake.
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Dec 2024
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CIMRM 1701

Sandstone relief of Mithras as bull-slayer, found at Petronell in 1932, with dog, serpent and scorpion, traces of polychromy preserved, now in the Museum Carnuntinum.
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Dec 2024
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CIMRM 1665

Sandstone relief of Mithras killing the bull, broken in two parts and partly restored, with dog, serpent and scorpion preserved; formerly in Vienna, now on loan to the Museum Carnuntinum.
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Dec 2024
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Mithras in Dacia with Csaba Szabó

Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.
Saturnin Ksawery
Thank you for this wonderful lecture. If I may, I would highly commend the following book: Eastern Cults in Moesia Inferior and Thracia: 5th Century Bc-4th Ad by Margarita Tacheva-Hitova, as a supplement. It is available on the internet archives.
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Dec 2024
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CIMRM 413 b

Upper part of a marble relief (H. 0.12 Br. 0.13 D. 0.05), found in the Forum of Caesar.
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