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Greek-speaking member of the community of Mithras followers from Apulum in the 2nd century.
We are delighted to announce that the dates for MithraCon 2025 have been set for the last weekend in April, from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th.
Mithracon is an informal research convention for people interested in the study of the god Mithras, whose popularity peaked among the Roman legions around 100-400 AD. Highlights of the convention include the opportunity to conduct research in Yale’s world-class libraries and to visit the Yale University Art Gallery, which houses the Dura Europos Mithraeum.
For full details, visit https://www.mithracon.org.
Gaius dedicated an altar to the god Invictus in Emerita Augusta in the 2nd century.
Really interested in ancient religions, now retired I can give some time to this.
A slave of a certain Tiberius, he likely dedicated an altar to the invincible god Mithras in Carnuntum.
Neapolitan senator who dedicated a tauroctonic relief to Mithras tauroctonus to the Almighty God Mithras.
Syntrofus, whose Greek cognomen means companion, is part of a modest Mithraic community in Apulum.
Freedman from Greek-speaking origin who dedicated an altar to the invincible Mythra.
This altar to Invictus Mythra (sic) was found in 1867 in ancient Maros Portum, now Sighișoara, Romania.
One of the three known inscriptions of Dioscorus, servant of Marci, found in Alba Iulia, Romania.
This marble altar was found ’in the street called di Branco’, behind the palace of the Cardinal of Bologna, in Rome.
This is one of the at least three inscriptions of Dioscorus, servant of Marcus to Mithras Invictus found in Alba Iulia, Romania.
First African emperor of Rome (193 – 211), born in Leptis Magna, now Al-Khums in Libya.
Imperial slave who donated an altar to Mithras for the benefit of the emperor Caracalla.
This marble relief, found in Sisak, Croatia, shows Mithras killing the bull in a circle of corn ears, gods and some scenes from the Mithras myth.
This altar, dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Eutyches for the health of the Emperor Caracalla, was found in Sisak, Croatia, in 1899.
Soldier of the Legio XVI Flavia Firma Antoniana stationed at Dura Europos.
