The corpus from Asia reflects the importance of western Anatolia within the commercial, intellectual and religious networks of the eastern Mediterranean. Major cities and maritime routes played a central role in the diffusion of Mithraic practices across the province.
Mithraic monuments of Asia
Mithraeum of Kapıkaya
Mithras became the main deity worshipped in the sanctuary of Meter in Kapikaya, Turkey, in Roman times, at least until the fourth century.
Votive plaque from Ballıhisar
This votive silver plaque depicting Mithras was found at the site of Pessinus, Ballıhisar, in Turkey.
Dedication to Mithras from Colophon
Latin dedication to the invincible Mithras reportedly discovered north of ancient Colophon in Lydia.
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Brothers attested in Asia
Places in Asia
Pergamum
Pergamon or Pergamum, also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos, was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Aeolis.
Pessinus
Pessinus was an Ancient city and archbishopric in Asia Minor, a geographical area roughly covering modern Anatolia.
Ἀφροδισιάς
Aphrodisias was a small ancient Greek Hellenistic city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Anatolia, Turkey.
Inscriptions from Asia
Dedication to Mithras from Colophon
References
- C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell (2022) Antron Kybeles/Mithra: a Pleiades place resource
- Gates, Morin, Zimmermann (2009) Sacred Landscapes in Anatolia and Neighboring Regions
- Walters, H B (1921) Silver / Catalogue of the Silver Plate (Greek, Etruscan And Roman) in the British Museum
