Acta diurna

Daily Gazette/36

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

Feb 2023

Monumentum

Tauroctony 593

The New Mithraeum

This is the earliest known sculpture of a Roman Mithraic tauroctony.

Gabriel Simeoni

Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic tauroctony, but also because of the arrangement of certain figures, such as Cautes and Cautopates, who, even without their heads, seem to hesitate about what they are supposed to do.

Feb 2023

NewSocius

Bibiana Tsang

~ A modern syndexios ~

Feb 2023

Liber

Ostie

The New Mithraeum

Guide to the archaeological site of Ostia Antica, published in the 1980s by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, with extensive information on the remains discovered to date.

Jan 2023

NewSocius

Sara Wilkens

I am currently an undergraduate student at the University of Evansville pursuing my B.A. in Archaeology

Jan 2023

Monumentum

Mitreo del Caseggiato di Diana

The New Mithraeum

The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.

Jan 2023

NewMonumentum

Altar at Caseggiato di Diana

The New Mithraeum

This altar was originally consecrated to Hercules and was rededicated to Mithras by Callinicus in the Mithraeum of the House of Diana.

Jan 2023

Monumentum

Fragment with inscription to Arimanius Casa di Diana

The New Mithraeum

The image of the god Arimanius to which this monument refers has not yet been found.

Jan 2023

NewSocius

cur jhon

~ A modern syndexios ~

Jan 2023

Syndexios

Marcus Lollianus Callinicus

The New Mithraeum

Pater at Caseggiato di Diana.

Jan 2023

NewSocius

Victor Tashkov

~ A modern syndexios ~

Jan 2023

NewSocius

Ilona Lovász

~ A modern syndexios ~

Jan 2023

Monumentum

Mitreo dei Serpenti

The New Mithraeum

The Mithraeum of the Snakes preserves paintings of serpents, representing Genius Loci, part of an older private sanctuary, which were respected in the temple of Mithras.

Jan 2023

NewSocius

Noémie Guillet

~ A modern syndexios ~

Jan 2023

NewTextus

Let's talk about Mithras with Yolanda De Iuliis

The New Mithraeum

Yolanda's multimedia dissertation focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that motivate Mithras worshippers. Her work includes a podcast entitled Conversations about Mithras.

Jan 2023

NewLiber

The Mind of Mithraists. Historical and Cognitive Studies in the Roman Cult of Mithras

The New Mithraeum

The Roman cult of Mithras was the most widely-dispersed and densely-distributed cult throughout the expanse of the Roman Empire from the end of the first until the fourth century AD, rivaling the early growth and development of Christianity during the sam...