The Mithraic evidence documented in Aegyptus reflects the province’s extraordinary commercial and cultural importance within the eastern Mediterranean. Alexandria and other urban centres connected Egypt to long-distance imperial networks through which religious practices circulated across the Roman world.
People attested in Aegyptus
Places in Aegyptus
Hermopolis
Hermopolis, the city of Hermes, was an important city located between Lower and Upper Egypt. A provincial capital since the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Hermopolis developed into a major city of Roman Egypt.
Memphis
Mampsis or Memphis, today Mamshit, Arabic Kurnub, is a former Nabataean caravan stop and Byzantine city.
Mendes
Mendes was a famous city that attracted the notice of most ancient geographers and historians, including Herodotus, Diodorus, Strabo, Mela, Pliny the Elder, Ptolemy, and Stephanus of Byzantium. The city was the capital of the Mendesian nome.
Oxyrhynchus
Oxyrhynchus, also known by its modern name Al-Bahnasa, is a city in Middle Egypt located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo in Minya Governorate.
References
- Attilio Mastrocinque (2022) The Mithraic Prophecy
- Israel Campos Méndez (2026) Mitra. Un dios entre Oriente y Occidente
- Laurent Bricault & Philippe Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l’Empire romain
- Roger Beck (2004) Beck on Mithraism. Collected Works with New Essays
- Roger Beck (2007) The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire. Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun
