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In these passages from his hymns and satires, Julian articulates a solar theology in which Helios governs cosmic order and time. Within this framework, Mithras appears as a personal divine guide associated with the ascent of souls.
This medallion belongs to a specific category of rounded pieces found in other provinces of the Roman world.
Neapolitan senator who dedicated a tauroctonic relief to Mithras tauroctonus to the Almighty God Mithras.
The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.
Danube region can be traced back to the legions that fought under his command in Armenia.
Procurator of Tarraconensis, he dedicated a monument to the Invincible God, Isis and Serapis in Asturica Augusta.
He commissioned the main cult relief found in the Mithraeum of Circo Massimo.
Libertus from the Arrii-family to which also belonged the Emperor Antonius Pius.
Pater from Nersae, Italia, known by an inscription of his mithraic Apronianus.
Dedicated multiple monuments to Mithras, Fortuna Primigenia and Diana in Etruria.
Slave of a certain Macus Iulius Eunicus, Hermes dedicated a monument to Silvanus found in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.
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.
Maarten Vermaseren, qui a publié un corpus des inscriptions et des monuments de la religion mithriaque et un certain nombre d'études savantes sur le même sujet est certainement l'un des meilleurs spécialistes de la question.
The altar of the Mithraeum of San Clemente bears the Tauroctony on the front, Cautes and Cautopates on the right and left sides and a serpent on the back.
In polemical passages from the late second and early third centuries, Tertullian portrays the cult of Mithras as a demonic imitation of Christian rites and provides rare early references to Mithraic initiation and ritual symbolism.
