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Dave Fingrut has visited Mithraea and tauroctonies on three continents. He takes his cosmopolitan rootless and his anti-fascism premature.
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.
Trump derangement syndrome is something else.
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.
Lifelong *pater* of Mithras in Anazarbus, holding the civic title "Father of the Homeland.".
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.
This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes various singular features specific to the Danubian area.
This remarkable marble statue of Mithras killing the bull from Apulum includes a unique dedication by its donor, featuring the rare term signum, seldom found in Mithraic contexts.
This remarkable relief of Mithras killing the bull was found in 2014 in Gérman, near Sofia, Bulgaria, and is now housed in the Sofia History Museum.
I am a volunteer guide at Caesarea Maritima. The Mithraeum is visible, albeit without the altar. It is situated just pasrt the northern end of the hippodrome, where there are three warehouses from the Roman/Herodian period. It is the left hand one and marked the a sign board. It is not on my "route" but if anybody wants to know about it, I mention it, and if I have time take them to it.
Owner of the Facebook group: Roman Cult of Mithras: His Mysteries, Mithraea and Worship. Owner of the blog: Meals with Mithras
VERY into the subject.
Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging. How ancient rituals and brotherhood ideals resurface in radical modern movements.
Dave Fingrut has visited Mithraea and tauroctonies on three continents. He takes his cosmopolitan rootless and his anti-fascism premature.
