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Acta diurna

Daily Gazette/46

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

 
May 2022
Monumentum

Mitreo di Lucrezio Menandro

The Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.
Apr 2022
NewSocius
Rem tene, verba sequentur.
Rem tene, verba sequentur.
Apr 2022
Monumentum

Cautes with an axe

The Cautes of Sidon who wields an axe also wears a piece of cloth on his left arm.
Apr 2022
Monumentum

Second Cautes of Sidon holding an axe

In this case, a quiver has been attached to the tree-stump behind the torchbearer.
Apr 2022
Monumentum

Lion-headed Aion from Sidon

Edmon Durighello, a journalist, discovered this Aion marble in 1887.
Apr 2022
Monumentum

Cautopates of Sidon

Cautopates sculpture of Sidon features a snake near his left leg.
Apr 2022
Monumentum

Mithras carrying the bull

Sculpture depicting Mithras carrying a young bull on his shoulders.
Apr 2022
Monumentum

Hekate of Sidon

The Hekataion of Sidon shows a triple Hekate surrounded by three dancing nymphs.
Apr 2022
Monumentum

Bronze Venus of Sidon

There are two Venus from the Mithraeum of Sidon, one in bronze and the other in Parian marble.
Apr 2022
Monumentum

Cautes of Sidon

The Sidon sculpture includes a dog jumping between Cautes's legs.
Apr 2022
Monumentum

Mithraeum of Sidon

The Mithraeum of Sidon escaped destruction because the followers of Mithras walled off the entrance to the underground sanctuary.
Ron Kassav
For rectification, Saïda or Sidon is in Lebanon
Thank you for noticing, Ron. The Syrian location mentioned before referred to the original Roman Province, I guess. Regards.
Mar 2022
Syndexios

Hermes

Estate manager and slave of Caius Antonius Rufus, prefect of roads and customs collector.
Mar 2022
NewSocius
Archaeologist, would be historian, Psychic, published Author, Tea Drinker and Motorcycle Rider.
Archaeologist, would be historian, Psychic, published Author, Tea Drinker and Motorcycle Rider.
Mar 2022
NewSyndexios

Diocles

Dedicated the main altar found in the Mithraeum of Menender.
Mar 2022
NewMonumentum

Altar of the Mitreo Menandro

The brick altar of the Mithraeum Menander was covered with marble slabs bearing a crescent and an inscription.
Mar 2022
NewSyndexios

Gaius Lucretius Menander

Pater of the Mithraeum of Ostia which bears his name.
Mar 2022
Syndexios

Gaius Lucretius Mnester

Assistant magister.
Mar 2022
Monumentum

Relief of Aion on globe

The lion-headed god is standing on a globe encicled by two crossed bands on which five pearls.
Mar 2022
Monumentum

Mitreo di S. Silvestro in Capite

This Mithraic temple, aka Mithraeum of the Olympii, was discovered in the 15th century in Rome, although traces have been lost except for a few monuments with remarkable inscriptions.
Mar 2022
NewMonumentum

Mitreo Sacellum delle Tre Navate

The Mithraeum in the Chapel of the Three Naves was not linked to the cult of Mithras until recently because of a mosaic showing a pig, in the belief that it was an animal unfit for consumption in a temple of Eastern origin.
 
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