Evidence from Cyrene reflects the circulation of Mithraic cults across the southern Mediterranean and the Hellenised cities of North Africa. Maritime mobility and regional trade connected the province to Egypt, Crete and the wider eastern Mediterranean.
Mithraic monuments of Cyrene
Mithraeum of Cyrene
The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.
Marble head from Cyrene
Marble head with locks of hair and Phrygian cap, probably depicting Mithras as bull-killer, found under the threshold of the Iseum at Cyrene.
CIMRM 106
Statue fragment from Cyrene
Damaged statue of Mithras as bull-killer on a rectangular base, found in the piazza of the Fountain of Apollo at Cyrene.
CIMRM 107
Places in Cyrene
References
- Attilio Mastrocinque (2017) The Mysteries of Mithras. A Different Account
