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Mithras in Sicilia

Sicilia connected Italy, North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean through some of the busiest maritime routes of the Roman world.

The Mithraic evidence documented in Sicilia reflects the island’s strategic role within Mediterranean trade and communication networks. Ports, urban centres and maritime exchange contributed to the circulation of Mithraic cults across the central Mediterranean.

Mithraic monuments of Sicilia

Places in Sicilia

 

Catina

Catina occupied a strategic position on the eastern coast of Sicily beneath Mount Etna.

 

Panormus

Palermo is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province.

 

Syracusae

Syracuse is a city and municipality, capital of the free municipal consortium of the same name, located in the autonomous region of Sicily in Southern Italy.

 

Termini Himeraeae

Termini Imerese is a town of the Metropolitan City of Palermo on the northern coast of Sicily, in Italy.

 

Tiracia

Inscriptions from Sicilia

Inscription to Sol Invictus Mithras from Termini Himeraeae

Soli / invicto / conserva/tori imp(eratoris) / Antonini / [aug(usti)].
To the Unconquered Sun, protector of the emperor Antoninus Augustus.
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