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Oct 2024
Comentum

The most detailed publication on this monument seems to be Diamandis Triandaphyllos. „Nouveau relief rupestre de Mithra Tauroctone dans la région de Xanthi“, in: Pulpudeva. Semaines philippopolitaines de l’histoire et de la culture Thrace, (Supplementum 6), Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press 2008, pp. 159‒171. There is information about the "rediscovery" or rather reclassification of this monument (previously described as "the image of a warrior") in 1973, but no information about Bogdan Filov´s discovery. What is the source of this information?

 
Dear Aleš, Thank you for your feedback. After reviewing the information, I can confirm that the detail regarding Bogdan Filov’s discovery came from a travel website that has since disappeared. As I this source can’t be further verified, I’ll be adding a disclaimer to clarify the nature of the information provided. Warm regards
 
Thank you for your reply. My comment was in no way meant to be critical, I found the same information on the web. Personally, I have little doubt that Bogdan Filov (a fascinating figure, a leading Bulgarian archaeologist who became Prime Minister of the Fascist government during the Second World War and was executed by the People´s Court in February 1945 and buried in a mass grave) really did discover this monument, the problem is that I cannot find any published source for this information. Triandaphyllos is silent on the subject, but this is not surprising given that the tauroctony of Thermes is located in the disputed region once controlled by Bulgaria and now belonging to Greece, and he has no detailed knowledge of Bulgarian literature on the subject. Anyway, let´s hope that the information is there and that someone will be able to find it in the future.
 
Please be critical! As you can see, this article was written a long time ago and only quotes an article from https://www.balkantravellers.com, which was deleted shortly after. Any additional information you can provide, including Triandaphyllos’s article if it is publicly available, would be most welcome.
 
Oct 2024
NewSocius

I am an archaeologist from Macedonia. I have always been interested in Mithras. I am currently writing my MA thesis about the cult in my country.

 
Sep 2024
 
Scriptum

Hello. We new zartosht doesn’t wrote the book of avesta and he and other zorastarians just edited it. So my topic is about homosexuality in Mithraism. We now homosexuality banned in avesta with very rough punishment in this world purgatory. But we have many high ranked characters in western mithraism(roman mithraism) they was homosexual or bisexual. So can you proove its banned or approved in mithraism?

 
My cult here works with those thing with what said in avesta. I wanna know we are doing right or wrong. We dont accept homosexuals in cult.
 
Interesting… but I think there might be a mix-up here. I mean everyone is entitled to their own views but we are discussing the Cult of Mithras here, not a Zoroastrian spin-off. Sure it may been influenced by Persian beliefs, but it mostly was a roman brotherhood based on Greco-Roman tradition. In any case, the Cult of Mithras was never a religion but rather a group of guys who shared certain vibes, tried to better themselves, and enjoyed hanging out together. So asking about who someone sleeps with,seems pretty out of place and at the polar opposite of what the cult of Mithras represents at least to me.
 
About zorastarianism. We’re not a spin-off of it. We have provements shows many parts of avesta book was wrote by mithraists not zorastarians.
 
Looking at the cult as a purely Roman construct, men having sex with men was as acceptable as it was for any free Roman male. That is to say, without written proof to the contrary, male/male encounters were fine.
 
Sep 2024
Syndexios

Kastos (father)

The New Mithraeum

Together with his son, with whom he shares his name, Kastos has dedicated several monuments in Rome to the glory of Zeus Helios Mithras.

 
Sep 2024
Syndexios

Kastos (son)

The New Mithraeum

Together with his father, Kastos dedicated several monuments in Rome to the glory of Zeus Helios Mithras.

 
Sep 2024
NewMonumentum

Dedication to Zeus-Helios, Mithras, and Phanes

The New Mithraeum

This is the first known inscription that includes Phanes alongside Mithras found in a Mithraic context.

 
Sep 2024
NewSocius

A person interested in history and social, political and economic historical developments

 
Sep 2024
NewComentum

I am interested in this as my 87 year old friend grew up in Burham and remembers a track she used to walk which her school teacher told her was where they found the Roman temple to Mithras.
I am anxious to find out as much as I can for her.

 
Sep 2024
Comentum

CIMRM 807bis
Vol 2, page 36

 
Thanks Pattie!
 
Aug 2024
Comentum

Any clue why this "counts" as two different CIMRM numbers?

 
Salve Pattie. I suspect they have been merged because there is not much information on them other than both being dedicated by Sextus Vervicius Eutyches. Vale!
 
Aug 2024
Socius

Awareness of Half blood
The Kami path and Mithras
As paths to God

 
Aug 2024
NewSocius

rédacteur sur wikipedia français

 
Aug 2024
NewMonumentum

Mitreo d’Aosta

The New Mithraeum

The remains of the Mithraeum of Aosta, also known as the Mitreo di Augusta Praetoria, were discovered in 1953 in insula 59, in a commercial district of the ancient city.

 
Aug 2024
NewSocius

My name mithradat - One of Iran’s old nobles - architect - project manager - financial strategist

 
Aug 2024
NewSocius

Prof. of French Literature, Text and Image

 
Jul 2024
NewVideo

The Cult of Mithras, Freemasonry, and Initiatic Orders

The New Mithraeum

Conference by Freemason Chris Ruli on the parallels between the cult of Mithras, Freemasonry and other initiatic orders.

 
Jul 2024
 
NewScriptum

Just discovered this very cool ensemble of experimental archaeology from Granada, Spain. Beautiful music and dance from the Hispanic Florentia. Enjoy!

 
Jul 2024
NewComentum

For more information, see Beck, R 1988, Planetary Gods and Planetary Orders in the Mysteries of Mithras, pp. 15-34.

 
Jul 2024
 
NewScriptum

Photos from the rite at the Mithraeum of Sutri carried out by Pietas - Comunita Gentile and Gruppo Storico Romano.

 
Jul 2024
 
NewScriptum

Bacchus at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games. Welcome back our old good god!

 
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