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Monumentum

Altar of Sextus Baberius Ianoarius from Plevlje

Limestone altar from the ruins of ancient Plevlje, Dalmatia, walled into the well of the local barracks, dedicated to Soli invicto sacrum by Sextus Baberius Ianoarius.

Monumentum

Tauroctony fragment from Cavtat

Limestone tauroctony relief fragment from Cavtat, ancient Epidaurum in Dalmatia, preserving the dog leaping up against the bull and part of a Cautes figure not cross-legged.

Monumentum

Inscription to Sol Invictus Comiti from Interamna Lirinatis

A brief inscription to Sol Invictus as companion of the emperor found among the ruins of ancient Interamna Lirinatis in the Umbrian territory of Terni.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief fragment probably from Narni

A marble tauroctony relief fragment probably from Narni (ancient Narnia) in Umbria, now in the Museo Nazionale delle Terme in Rome, preserving Mithras in Eastern dress as a bullkiller with dog and Cautopates standing cross-legged before the bull; the exact find-spot is uncertain…

Monumentum

Tauroctony statue with torchbearers from Lorium on the Via Aurelia

A white marble tauroctony statue found in 1925 at the ancient site of Lorium near the eleventh milestone on the Via Aurelia outside Rome, showing Mithras slaying the bull with dog, serpent and scorpion, accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates; now in the Palazzo Doria…

Monumentum

Lost marble fragments of Mithras tauroktonos from Via Boncompagni 101, Rome

Ancient marble fragments walled into the staircase of the house at Via Boncompagni 101 (Boarding-house Cosmopolita), including a lower part of a Mithras bull-killing group and a fragment of a low-relief with the bullkilling; not traced by Vermaseren.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Serdica

White marble tauroctony relief from Sofia, ancient Serdica in Thracia, found near the Church of St. Kral, depicting the standard bull-slaying with the full iconographic programme.

Monumentum

Dedication to Mithras from Colophon

Latin dedication to the invincible Mithras reportedly discovered north of ancient Colophon in Lydia.

Provincia

Chersonnesus Taurica

Ancient region of the Crimean Peninsula associated with the Greek colonies and Roman presence in Taurica.

Locus

Anazarbus (Dilekkaya)

Anazarbus was an ancient Cilician city. Under the late Roman Empire, it was the capital of Cilicia Secunda.

Locus

Simitthus (Chemtou)

Chemtou or Chimtou was an ancient Roman-Berber town in northwestern Tunisia, located 20 km from the city of Jendouba near the Algerian frontier. It was known as Simitthu (or Simitthus in Roman period) in antiquity.

Notitia

A Man of the Gods and Mysteries. On Vettius Agorius Praetextatus

At Rome’s twilight, amid political upheaval and Christian ascendancy, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus embodied pagan intellect, virtue, and authority across senatorial, military, and mystical spheres.

Liber

Priapeia

Often neglected or considered too transgressive, the Priapeia, with its blend of Roman and Hellenistic influences, offers a complex view of ancient customs, especially homosexuality, combining literary tradition with sociological insight.

Liber

Mithras

Mithras explores the history and practices of the ancient mystery religion Mithraism, looking at both literary and material evidence for the god Mithras and the reception and allure of his mysteries in the present.

Monumentum

Mithraeum of Sofia

The Mithraeum of Serdica was found in the fortified area of the ancient city of Serdica, now Sofia, Bulgaria.

Textum

De Iside et Osiride

Of Isis and Osiris or Of the Ancient Religion and Philosophy of Egypt, Plutarch, The Moralia.

Notitia

The Mysteries of Mithras

The Mysteries of Mithras is an independent Initiatic Order which is inspired by and uses the allegory of the lost and ancient Mithraic Mysteries also known as Mithraism a previously influential Roman Cult of the same name.

Monumentum

Tablet of Antiochus I from Samsat

"The remaining figure on this monument, Herakles, was previously misidentified as Apollo on this remarkable black basalt tablet from Samsat, known in Roman times as Samosata.

Notitia

Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype: Underground Clubs of the Syndexioi and Pueri Superbi

Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging. How ancient rituals and brotherhood ideals resurface in radical modern movements.

Monumentum

Mitreo d’Aosta

The remains of the Mithraeum of Aosta, also known as the Mitreo di Augusta Praetoria, were discovered in 1953 in insula 59, in a commercial district of the ancient city.

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