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Community dedicated to the study, disclosure and reenactment of the Mysteries of Mithras since 2004.
Founder of the Arasacid dynasty, Tiridates I was crowned king of Armenia by Nero in 66.
Roman emperor and philosopher known for his attempt to restore Hellenistic polytheism.
Roman emperor from 253 to 260, he was taken captive by Shapur I of Persia. He was thus the first emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war.
Roman emperor at the age of 14, from 218 to his death in 222, Elagabalus was a main priest of the sun god Elagabal in Emesa.
First African emperor of Rome (193 – 211), born in Leptis Magna, now Al-Khums in Libya.
Roman emperor of humble origin who reunited the Empire and repelled the pressure of barbarian invasions and internal revolts.
Emperor Caracalla ordered one of Rome’s largest temples to the god Mithras to be built in the baths bearing his name.
This bronze arm, with stars and a swastika, was once thought to be part of a Mithras statuette but has since been dismissed as unrelated to the Mithras cult.
Relief of Mithras killing the bull with an inscription from a certain Aurelius Macer who dedicates it to Sol Invictus Mithras.
Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.
Lifelong pater of Mithras in Anazarbus, holding the civic title Father of the Homeland.
This fragment of a sculpture depicting the birth of Mithras from a rock, intertwined with a chaotic mass of serpent coils, was discovered in Aquileia, Italy.
Pater sacrorum and founder of the Mithraeum under the Basilica of S. Lorenzo.
The Mithraeum of Visentium, near Capodimonte in Viterbo, was carved grotto-style into a tuff cliff overlooking the waters of Lake Bolsena, just a few dozen metres away.
This unusual bronze bust of Sabazios features multiple symbolic elements, including Mithras slaying the bull beneath his chest.
"The remaining figure on this monument, Herakles, was previously misidentified as Apollo on this remarkable black basalt tablet from Samsat, known in Roman times as Samosata.
This dedicatory inscription by a pater of Mithras, found in Cilicia, aligns with Plutarch’s account of Cilician pirates performing foreign sacrifices and secret rites of Mithras.
This second relief depicting a phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been positioned alongside its counterpart atop pillars that greet visitors to the Mithras shrine.
This plaque, located on the western staircase of the Palace of Darius, mentions the god Mithra together with Ahura Mazda as protectors of King Artaxerxes III Ochus.
