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Antiochia ad Orontem

Antioch was the capital of Roman Syria and gateway between the Mediterranean and the eastern provinces.

One of the principal cities of the Roman East, Antioch on the Orontes served as the capital of Roman Syria and a major political, commercial and religious centre linking the Mediterranean, Anatolia and Mesopotamia.

Mithraic monuments of Antiochia ad Orontem

 

Mithraeum of Tell Atchana

Subterranean sanctuary at ancient Atchana tentatively interpreted by Woolley as an early precursor to later Mithraic temples.

CIMRM 90B

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