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The New Mithraeum Database

Find news, articles, monuments, persons, books and videos related to the Cult of Mithras

Your search Pier Paolo Pasolini gave 78 results.

 
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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.

 
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Aesculapius of Merida

This standing sculptural figure from Mérida appears to carry the serpent staff, characteristic of the medicine god Aesculapius.

 
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Cautes of Mérida

This nude male figure, found at Cerro de San Albín, Mérida, has been identified as Cautes.

 
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Naked figure from Mérida

This sculpture may be a naked dadophorus, probably Cautopates.

 
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Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima

This shrine developed towards the end of 2nd century and remained active until beginning 4th.

 
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Mitreo delle Sette Porte

The name of the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates refers to the doors depicted in the mosaic that decorates the floor, symbolising the seven planets through which the souls of the initiates have to pass.

 
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Ceremonial sword of Riegel

The Mithraic sword found in the Riegel Mithraeum may have been used as a prop during rituals.

 
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Mitreo degli Animali

The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.

 
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CIMRM 929

The find of a building (D) about 30-40 mtrs S-W from the Mithraeum seem to point at a second sanctuary.

 
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CIMRM 843

CIL VII 543; MMM II No.

 
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CIMRM 627

Marble slab, used as a tombstone in Comodilla's catacombs: "in vigna G.

 
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CIMRM 392

Before the niche in the central aisle stands an altar (H. 0.80 Br. 0.60), covered with marble.

 
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CIMRM 267

Marble altar (H. 0.60 (with base 1.40) Br.

 
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Mithraeum of Carrawburgh

The temple of Mithras of Carrawburgh, Brocolita, disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.

 
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Aion of Vienne

The relief of Aion from Vienne includes a naked youth in Phrygian cap holding the reins of a horse.

 
Video

Une SOCIETE SECRETE au cœur de l'Empire Romain ? - LE CULTE DE MITHRA

Des rituels mystérieux, une hiérarchie gradée au sein d’un culte énigmatique, une société considérée pendant longtemps comme secrète au sein de l’Empire Romain…

 
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Tauroctony from Syracuse

The Mithra Tauroctonos from Syracuse, Sicily, is currently on display in the city's archaeological museum.

 
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Tauroctony from Vermaseren's private collection

Maarten Vermaseren acquired this rosso antico marble of Mithras slaying the bull in 1961.

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