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The New Mithraeum Database

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Provincia

Moesia superior

Moesia superior preserves frontier evidence shaped by the military infrastructure and circulation networks of the middle Danube.

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Noricum

Noricum formed a key link between the Alpine world and the Danubian frontier where Mithraic cults spread through military and urban environments.

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Alpes Poenninae

Alpes Poenninae controlled important Alpine routes through which military movement and religious practices circulated between Gaul and Italy.

Provincia

Belgica

Belgica occupied a strategic position between Roman Gaul, the Rhine frontier and the northern provinces where Mithraic cults circulated widely.

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Mauretania

Mauretania preserves western North African evidence linked to urban and maritime networks of the Roman empire.

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Macedonia

Macedonia preserves Mithraic evidence shaped by major Balkan routes and long-standing urban traditions.

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Creta et Cyrene

Crete and Cyrene connect Mithraic evidence to island, North African and eastern Mediterranean networks.

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Asia

Roman Asia preserves a rich and diverse body of Mithraic evidence connected to the major cities of western Anatolia.

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Bithynia et Pontus

Bithynia and Pontus preserve important evidence for the diffusion of Mithraic cults across the Black Sea and northwestern Anatolia.

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Achaea

Achaea preserves some of the earliest and most culturally complex evidence for Mithraic activity in the Greek-speaking eastern Mediterranean.

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Alpes

The Alpine regions preserve scattered Mithraic evidence associated with military circulation and strategic routes across the western empire.

Monumentum

Inscription of Artaxerxes II from Ecbatana

Inscription from Hamadan where the ’great king’ Artaxerxes mentions Ahuramazda, Anahita, and Mithra as guardians.

Monumentum

Tauroctony fragment from Entrains

This fragmentary tauroctony from Roman Gaul preserves a striking raven behind Mithras’ cloak and the bust of Sol in the upper corner.

Monumentum

Antiochus I shakes hands with naked Apollo-Mithras-Helios

Stele representing Apollo-Mithras-Helios in a Hellenistic nude fashion, shaking hands with Antiochus I.

Monumentum

Altar by Septimius Zosimus from Roma

This altar dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Septimius Zosimus was found in the Basilica of San Martino ai Monti in Rome.

Scriptum

#74

Thinking of forming a weekly group for those in the Anglosphere(USA, Canada, UK, Australia and NZ) to have a webcam call, discuss all things related to Mithras and form friends sharing a niche interest:)

Monumentum

Feast scene with Mithras and Sol from Ladenburg

Bas-relief depicting a naked Sol leaning over his fellow Mithras while raising a drinking horn during the sacred feast.

Textum

Alexander Romance

Late antique legendary biography of Alexander the Great (c. AD 300), where history, myth, and imperial ideology merge around figures of divine kingship and solar power.

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The Mithraic Prophecy

Why did the Romans worship a Persian god? This book presents a new reading of the Mithraic iconography taking into account that the cult had a prophecy.

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Mithras

Mithras explores the history and practices of the ancient mystery religion Mithraism, looking at both literary and material evidence for the god Mithras and the reception and allure of his mysteries in the present.

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