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The MITHRA Project

Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.

Monumentum

Tauroctony medallion of Transylvania

This medallion belongs to a specific category of rounded pieces found in other provinces of the Roman world.

Notitia

The Golden Ass: Book XI

The concluding book of Apuleius’ Golden Ass (or Metamorphoses), where Lucius, the story’s protagonist, undergoes initiation into the mysteries of Isis and Osiris.

Monumentum

Album of Sentinum

This inscription reveals the names of 36 cultori of Sentinum, one of whom bears the title of pater leonum.

Textum

Archaeological Evidence of the Cult of Mithras in Ancient Italy

PhD Thesis by Vittoria Canciani, coordinated by A. Mastrocinque. Verona, 14th April 2022.

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Altar of Vieu

This altar was dedicated by a son to his father, one of the few Patres Patrum recorded in the western provinces.

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Venus of Mérida small sculpture

The lack of attributes and its decontextualisation prevent us from attributing a specific Mithraic attribution to this small Venus pudica from Mérida.

Monumentum

Mitreo di Vulci

The Mithraeum of Vulci is remarkable because of his high benches and the arches below them.

Monumentum

Mitreo del Campidoglio «lo perso»

This temple of Mithras on the north side of the Capitoline Hill in Rome no longer exists.

Notitia

Dazzling 'Temple of Colored Marbles' Honoring Roman God Discovered in Italy

The ancient Roman worshippers were likely in altered states of consciousness.

Syndexios

Lucius Sextius Karus

His name was added to the main tauroctony sculpture of the Mitreo Fagan.

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Gaius Valerius Vitalis

Priest

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Aulus Aemilius Antoninus

The pater Aulus Aemilianus Antoninus dedicated an altar to Cautes in the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte.

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Lucius Tullius Agatho

Donated an altar to the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere while Marcus Aemilius Epaphroditus was Pater.

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Lucius Florius Hermadion

Priest. He devoted an inscription found on the main altar of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.

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Aulus Decimius Decimianus

Aulus Decimius Decimianus, son of Aulus, of the Palatina tribe.

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Marcus Aemilius Epaphroditus

Pater and priest of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

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Gaius Valerius Nicomedes

Priest

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