The Mithraic material documented in Narbonensis reflects the province’s strong Mediterranean orientation and long-standing urban traditions. Ports, trade routes and civic centres played an important role in the circulation of religious practices between Italy, Hispania and southern Gaul.
People attested in Narbonensis
Places in Narbonensis
Apta Julia
Apt is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Aquae Sextiae
Aix-en-Provence or simply Aix, is a city and commune in southern France, about 30 km north of Marseille.
Arelate
The Romans took Arelate from the Ligurians in 123 BC and made it an important city by building a canal towards the Mediterranean. Present-day Arles has preserved many Roman buildings.
Bergoiata
Bourg-Saint-Andéol is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Rhône Valley in southern France.
Genava
Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.
Mons Seleucus
La Bâtie-Montsaléon is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It is notable for being the location of the Battle of Mons Seleucus in 353, when Constantius II defeated the usurper Magnentius.
Murviel
Murviel-lès-Montpellier is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Narbo
Narbonne rboː]; Late Latin: Narbona is a commune and subprefecture in Southern France, located in the Occitania region.
Vasio
Vaison-la-Romaine is a town in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Vaison-la-Romaine is famous for its rich Roman ruins and mediaeval town and cathedral. The old town is split into two parts: the
Inscriptions from Narbonensis
Mithréum de Vienne
Altar of Firmidius Severinus from Geneva
Relief de Bourg-Saint-Andéol
Tauroctony from La Bâtie-Montsaléon
Marble tauroctony relief from Aix-en-Provence
Inscription of Lucius Apronius Chrysomallus from Vaison-la-Romaine
Funerary inscription of Publius Anthius Logus from Montpellier
References
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- Jean-Baptiste Félix Lajard (1843) Mémoire sur un bas-relief mithriaque, qui a été découvert à Vienne (Isère)
- Laurent Bricault & Philippe Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l’Empire romain
- Manfred Clauss (1992) Cultores Mithrae. Die Anhängerschaft des Mithras-Kultes.
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