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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…
  • Syndexios

    Marcus Licinius Ripanus

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

    Iustus

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

    On Mithraism and Freemasonry (1996)

    The fraternal order that focussed on the worship of the ancient Iranian god Mithra was probably formed in Iran, Armenia, and Pontus (the southern coastal region of the Black Sea in eastern Anatolia, present-day Turkey). Travelers and colonists from theseS…
  • Syndexios

    Marcus Simplicius Simplex

    Equus and Prefect.
  • Notitia

    Porphyry’s Cave of Nymphs
    and the Cult of Mithras

    Between the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry’s intense and complex essay.
  • Syndexios

    Claudius Zenobius

    Procurator of Tarraconensis, he dedicated a monument to the Invincible God, Isis and Serapis in Asturica Augusta.
  • Syndexios

    Publius Aelius Nigrinus

    Priest of Mithras who dedicated an altar to Petra Genetrix in Carnuntum.
  • Syndexios

    Aurelius Iustinianus

    Dux of Pannonia Prima et Noricum Ripense, he built a mithraeum in Poetovio.
  • Syndexios

    Tiberius Claudius Balbilus

    Scholar, politician and a court astrologer to the Roman emperors Claudius, Nero and Vespasian.
  • Syndexios

    Aurelius Agathopus

    Probably of Greek descent, he was active in Pannonia Superior by the 2nd century.
  • 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

    Tabula ansata of Lucius from Bremenium

    This inscription commemorates the building of a mithraeum in Bremenium with fellow worshippers of Mithras.

    TNMM566 – CIMRM 876

    Deo invicto [[et]] Soli soc(io) / sacrum. Pro salute et / incolumitate imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) / M(arci) Aureli Antonini pii felic(is) / aug(usti) L(ucius) Caecilius Optatus / trib(unus) coh(ortis) I…
  • Mithraeum

    London Mithraeum

    The Mithraeum of London, also known as the Walbrook Mithraeum, was contextualised and relocated to its original site in 2016.

    TNMM25 – CIMRM 814

  • Monumentum

    Mithras rock-born from Housesteads

    A naked Mithra emerges from the cosmic egg surrounded by the zodiac, as always carrying a torch and a dagger.

    TNMM200 – CIMRM 860

  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo dels Munts

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

    TNMM31

  • Monumentum

    Candelabrum of Caernarfon

    The Caernarfon candelabrum is a reconstruction of several iron pieces found in the Mithraeum of Caernarfon.

    TNMM416

  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Burham

    To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.

    TNMM592 – CIMRM 808

  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 826

    Marble fragment with an inscription (ILN 1954,636).

    TNMM1259 – CIMRM 826

    u . . . . / [Bri]tanniae/. . . . [vic]toriam/. . . . am.
  • 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

 
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