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A skull and two human femora, the lower jaw missing, recovered from a small circular pit within the Mithraeum at Königshoffen; interpreted by Cumont as a parallel to ritual deposits of human remains in other Oriental sanctuaries on the Janiculum.
Small finds from the Gross-Krotzenburg Mithraeum including a Phrygian-capped head, a pinecone fragment, coins of Trajan and Hadrian, and column fragments
Two fragments of greyish marble from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum with a partially legible inscription referring to the pontifex maximus and tribunicia potestas for the twentieth time, attributed to Trajan or Hadrian.
Fragments of a green-glazed maiolica krater with silver sheen, probably decorated with a dodekatheon showing Minerva, Jupiter, Dionysus, and Hercules, from the Mitreo delle Sette Porte at Ostia.
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.
By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation: a disciplined passage from forgetfulness (Lethe) to knowledge (aletheia), from mortality to participation in the divine.
This article revisits the Mithraeum of S. Maria Capua Vetere, one of the most complete and artistically refined Mithraic sanctuaries in the Campanian region, situating it within its archaeological, iconographic, and ritual-historical contexts.
Moeller interprets the square as a Mithraic construction encoding cosmological, numerical, and theological structures of Roman mystery religion, rather than an early Christian cryptogram.
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.
Robert Turcan présente les dévotions immigrées dans le monde romain, sans négliger les cultes marginaux ou sporadiques, traitant également des courants gnostiques, occultistes et théosophiques.
Of Isis and Osiris or Of the Ancient Religion and Philosophy of Egypt, Plutarch, The Moralia.
Scrutator of the customs of the Poetovio station, Theodorus erected an altar to Mithras following a vision.
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.
Translation and Introductory Essay by Robert Lamberton. Station Hill Press Barrytown, New York 1983.
This inscription reveals the names of 36 cultori of Sentinum, one of whom bears the title of pater leonum.
Twelve centuries separate the decline of Roman Mithraism from the dawn of Freemasonry. Twelve centuries during which the mysteries of Mithras have remained more secret than ever.
A certain Blastia or Blastianus made a dedication to Mithras and Silvanus on an altar in Emona, Italy.
