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  • Liber

    Roman Religion in the Danubian Provinces. Space Sacralisation and Religious Communication during the Principate (1st–3rd century AD) (2022)

    The Danubian provinces represent one of the largest macro-units within the Roman Empire, with a large and rich heritage of Roman material evidence. Although the notion itself is a modern 18th-century creation, this region represents a unique area, where t…
  • Tractatus

    Hyenas or Lionesses? Mithraism and Women in the Religious World of the Late Antiquity

    In this article, Chalupa examines the scant evidence that has been found for the presence of women in the Roman cult of Mithras.
  • Syndexios

    Marcus Licinius Ripanus

    Prefect, probably of Cohors II Tungrorum, who dedicated an altar to the invincible sun god Mithras in Camboglanna, Britannia.
  • Liber

    The Cult of Mithras in the Roman Provinces of Gaul (1974)

    On ne saurait qu'applaudir à l'idée qu'a eue V. J. Walters de faire le point des découvertes mithriaques en Gaule romaine. Son projet reste dominé par le découpage administratif des « Roman provinces of Gaul ». Mais compte tenu de l'ensemble que ce…
  • Syndexios

    Gaius Iulius Castinus

    Legate of the Legion II Adiutrix, stationed in Aquincum.
  • Syndexios

    Iustus

    Solder of the Legio II Augusta who dedicated a monument to Mithras Invictus in Isca.
  • Syndexios

    Marcus Simplicius Simplex

    Equus and Prefect.
  • Syndexios

    Veturius Dubitatus

    Veteran and ex duplicarius of ala I civum Romanorum who dedicated an altar to Mithras in Teutoburgium.
  • Syndexios

    Flavios Horimos

    Freedman and administrator of the country estate of a certain Flavius Macedo in Moesia.
  • Syndexios

    Straton

    The son of an eponymous person, he consecrated an altar to Helios Mithras in Kreta, Moesia inferior.
  • Syndexios

    Marcus Antonius Victorinus

    A powerful and wealthy man, founder of a mithraeum in the city of Aquincum of which he was the mayor.
  • Notitia

    The gay origins of the Hindi world for friend

    The Sanskrit and Hindi word for friend is “Mitra”. It is also the Nepali word for it. The Sinhala word is ‘mitura’. The word’s etymology has surprising, stark and vivid homosexual connotations.
  • Monumentum

    Coin of Septimius Severus and god on horseback

    Coin of Istrus, Moesia Inferior, showing Caracalla on one side and a god on horseback (Mithras ?) on the other.

    TNMM518

  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo dels Munts

    The Mithraeum of Els Munts, near Tarragona, is one of the largest known to date.

    TNMM31

  • Monumentum

    Incensiary vessel of Dieburg

    The vessel to burn incense from the Mithraeum of Dieburg is similar to those found in other Roman cities of Germany.

    TNMM409 – CIMRM 1269

  • Monumentum

    Altar of Iulius Rasci from Borovo

    This Mithraic altar of a certain Iulius Rasci or Racci was found in 1979 in a field in Borovo, Croatia, in the area of the Roman fort of Teutoburgium.

    TNMM752

    Invicto / Mitre / Iul(ius) Rasci or Racci /[—].
  • Monumentum

    Cultic mithraic vase of Zeughausstraße

    The Mithraic vase from Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in Germany includes Sol-Mithras between Cautes and Cautopates, as well as a serpent, a lion and seven stars.

    TNMM378 – CIMRM 1020

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Târgușor

    This limestone relief of Mithras killing the bull bears an inscription by a certain Flavius Horimos, consecrated in a 'secret forest' in Moesia.

    TNMM641 – CIMRM 2306, 2307

    Ὣριμος / πατὴ/ρ ἀνέ/θηκε/ν. Φλ(άουιος) Ὣριμος Φλ(αουίου) Μακέδονος οἰκονόμος κατ᾽ ἐπιταγήν / θεῷ ἀνεικήτῳ …
  • Monumentum

    Autel of Straton from Kreta

    Straton, son of Straton, consecrated an altar to Helios Mithras in Kreta, Moesia inferior.

    TNMM640 – CIMRM 2260

    Στράτω/ν Στράρω/νος άνέθη(κεν) / τὸ(ν) βωμὸν / Ἡλίῳ Μίθρᾳ
  • Monumentum

    Altar of Tettius Plotus from Oescus

    In the altar that Titus Tettius Plotus dedicated to the invincible God, he called himself pater sacrorum.

    TNMM634 – CIMRM 2252

    T(itus) Tettiu[s] / Plotu{u}[s] / vet(eranus) leg(ionis) II[II] / F(laviae) F(elix) p(ater) s(acrorum) d[ei] / Invicti [s(olvit)] / l(ibens) m(erito).