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An unusual feature of this very ancient relief is that Cautopates carries a cockerel upside down, while Cautes carries it right-side up.
This inscription mentions a Pater for the first known time.
Freedman who dedicated the first monument mentioning a Pater.
This is the earliest known sculpture of a Roman Mithraic tauroctony.
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.
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.
This altar was originally consecrated to Hercules and was rededicated to Mithras by Callinicus in the Mithraeum of the House of Diana.
The image of the god Arimanius to which this monument refers has not yet been found.
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.
Yolanda's multimedia dissertation focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that motivate Mithras worshippers. Her work includes a podcast entitled Conversations about Mithras.
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...
He built the sacred area of the Mitreo del Circo Massimo at his own expense.
Hyacinthus, like Hermadio, seems to have been one of the profets of Mithraism in the Dacian region.
A certain Hermanio has been identified in the dedication of several monuments in different cities in Dacia and even in Rome.
The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.
This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.
This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.