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Basin of Mitreo della Planta Pedis

This marble basin found in the Mithraeum of the Footprint bears an inscription of a certain Umbilius Criton, associated with a monumental tauroctonic sculpture also found in Ostia.

 
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Mitreo di Santo Stefano Rotondo

The Mitreo dei Castra Peregrinorum was discovered under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome.

 
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Cautopates of Sarmizegetusa with scorpion

The Cautopates with scorpion found in 1882 in Sarmizegetusa includes an inscription of a certain slave known as Synethus.

 
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Altar of Mérida from Quintio

This altar, which has now disappeared, was dedicated by the slave Quintio for the health of a certain Coutius Lupus.

 
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Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus

The marble altar mentions Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus as Pater Sacrorum and Patrum and his wife Aconia Fabia Paulina.

 
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Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

The House of the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls was built in the second half of the 2nd century BC (opus incertum) and modified during the Augustan period.

 
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Petrogeny of Santo Stefano Rotondo

The sculpture of Mithras rock-birth from Santo Stefano Rotondo bears an inscription of Aurelius Bassinus, curator of the cult.

 
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Altar with Mithras rock-birth of Nida

The Mithraic stele from Nida depicts the Mithras Petrogenesis and the gods Cautes, Cautopates, Heaven and Ocean.

 
Video

Los Misterios de Mitra y su iconografía. Dra. Claudina Romero Mayorga

Seminario de Investigación Cultos orientales e Iconografía Máster en Arqueología del Mediterráneo en la Antigüedad Clásica.

 
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Inscription of Olympus to his grandfather

This monument is the only one still available from the disappeared Mithraeum in Piazza S. Silvestro in Capite.

 
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Altar dedicated by Pater Patrum Augentius

This altar, now lost, mentions that the Pater Patrum passed on the attributes of the sacred Corax to his son.

 
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Venus pudica of Mérida

The Venus pudica of Merida stands next to the young Amor riding a dolplhin.

 
Video

The Literary Holy Grail of Mithraic Studies, East and West: The Parthian Epic of Samak-e ʿAyyar

Prof. Parvaneh Pourshariati; 9th European Conference of Iranian Studies, Free University of Berlin, September 2019.

 
Video

Mitreo di Marino

Interview to one of the workers who participated in the discovery of the temple of Mithras of Marino, Rome.

 
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.

 
Notitia

Un sanctuaire dédié au dieu Mithra découvert en Corse

L’Inrap vient de mettre au jour un lieu de culte dédié au dieu Mithra sur le site de Mariana, à Lucciana, France.

Socius

Hadi Valipour

Name: Dr. Hadi Valipour Date of Birth: August 26, 1983 Place of Birth: Iran Current Position: Assistant Professor of Eastern Religions, specializing in An

 
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Tauroctony of Santo Domingo de Silos

Mithras slaying the bull appears as the sign of Capricorn in a zodiacal sequence on the Pórtico del Cordero of the Abbey de Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Spain.

 
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Mithras with the bow

A statue of Mithras with a bow was found on the pit of the Mithraeum of Dieburg.

 
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Mithraic rock and vase of Rusicade

Both objects have a snake winding itself around them.

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