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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 sam...
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.
Hermadio's inscriptions have been found in Dacian Tibiscum and Sarmizegetusa, as well as in Rome.
Centurio frumentarius probably from Tarraco, who served in the Legio VII Gemina located in Emerita Agusta.
Fresco du Mithraeum de Hawarte, Syria, depicts Mithras' victory over the Sun.
For the first time, a Mithraeum has been discovered in Corsica, at the site of Mariana, Lucciana (Haute-Corse).
Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken 'the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now'.
Some authors have speculated that the flying figure dressed in oriental style and holding a globe could be Mithras.
The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.
Exceptional sculpture of a lion devouring a bull's head founded in 1894 in Carnuntum, Pannonia.
W. Blawatsky et G. Kochelenko, Le culte de Mithra sur la côte septentrionale de la Mer Noire. Leyde, E. J. Brill, 1966. 1 16 X 24 cm, 36 pp., 1 carte, 16 pli., 1 frontispice (Études PRÉLIMINAIRES AUX RELIGIONS ORIENTALES DANS L'EMPIRE VIII).
Founder of the Arasacid dynasty, Tiridates I was crowned king of Armenia by Nero in 66.