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Persia

Persia occupied a central place in ancient and modern interpretations concerning the origins and eastern background of Mithraic traditions.

 
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Britannia inferior

Along the northern frontier of Roman Britain, Britannia inferior preserves important evidence linked to military and frontier communities.

 
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Aegyptus

Aegyptus occupied a unique position within the Roman world where Mediterranean trade, Nile networks and ancient religious traditions intersected.

 
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Latium

Latium formed the political and religious centre of the Roman world where some of the most important Mithraic communities developed.

 
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Corsica et Sardinia

Corsica et Sardinia occupied an important insular position within the maritime networks of the western Mediterranean.

 
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Syria-Coele

Syria-Coele formed one of the principal urban and cultural centres of the Roman Near East where diverse religious traditions coexisted.

 
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Cappadocia

Cappadocia formed a major frontier and military region linking central Anatolia to the eastern limits of the Roman empire.

 
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Asia

Asia formed one of the most urbanised and interconnected provinces of the eastern Roman world where Mithraic cults circulated widely.

 
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Bithynia et Pontus

Bithynia et Pontus connected northwestern Anatolia to the Black Sea through major maritime, urban and provincial networks.

 
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Moesia superior

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

 
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Pannonia inferior

Along the lower sectors of the middle Danube, Pannonia inferior became a major centre of Mithraic activity in the frontier provinces.

 
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Rhaetia

Rhaetia occupied a strategic frontier position between the Alps, the upper Danube and northern Italy where Mithraic cults circulated through military networks.

 
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Alpes Poenninae

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

 
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Narbonensis

Narbonensis connected Roman Gaul to the Mediterranean world through some of the oldest urban and maritime networks of the western empire.

 
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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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Aquitania

In Aquitania, Mithraic evidence reflects the western expansion of the cult beyond the principal Rhine and Rhône corridors.

 
Monumentum

Mithréum d’Angers

The Mithraeum of Angers, excavated during a preventive operation and subsequently dismantled in 2010, yielded numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps, and a ceramic vessel bearing a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.

 
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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia preserves frontier evidence from the eastern limits of Roman Mithraic expansion.

 
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Dacia

Roman Dacia preserves one of the densest and most frontier-oriented bodies of Mithraic evidence in the empire.

 
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Persia

Persia occupies a central place in the intellectual and historical background of Mithraic studies.

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