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The New Mithraeum Database

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Syndexios

Caelius Hilarianus

One of the clearest examples of the late Roman aristocracy’s involvement in the mysteries of Mithras and other initiatory cults during the fourth century.

Syndexios

Aulus Caedicius Priscianus

Eques Romanus and Pater active in S. Stefano Rotondo.

Monumentum

Denarius depicting Mithras rock-birth of St. Albans

The mithraic denarius of St. Albans dates from the 2nd century.

Monumentum

Plaque of Meknès

One of the two inscriptions by Aurelius Nectoreca, a follower of Mithras, found in Meknès, Morocco.

Provincia

Chersonnesus Taurica

Ancient region of the Crimean Peninsula associated with the Greek colonies and Roman presence in Taurica.

Regio

Britannia

Roman Britannia preserves one of the most strongly militarised corpora of Mithraic evidence in the western empire.

Regio

Gallia

Roman Gallia preserves one of the largest and most geographically diverse corpora of Mithraic evidence in the western empire.

Regio

Italia

Roman Italia preserves a central and exceptionally influential corpus within the development of Mithraic cults.

Regio

Hispania

Roman Hispania preserves a relatively modest but strongly urban body of Mithraic evidence, centred above all on Mérida.

Provincia

Arabia

Arabia connected the Roman Near East to caravan routes, desert frontiers and the commercial networks of the southern Levant.

Locus

Constantinopolis

Founded on the site of ancient Byzantium and refounded in 330 CE, Constantinopolis became an imperial residence in the eastern Roman Empire. In the 4th century, it was a key setting for interaction between traditional cults and Christian authority.

Provincia

Tripolitania

Tripolitania connected the southern Mediterranean coast to caravan routes and maritime exchange networks of Roman North Africa.

Provincia

Africa Proconsularis

Africa Proconsularis formed one of the principal urban and administrative centres of Roman North Africa where Mithraic cults circulated through prosperous civic networks.

Provincia

Dacia Malvensis

Within the southern sectors of Roman Dacia, Dacia Malvensis preserves evidence linked to military mobility and provincial urbanisation.

Provincia

Dacia superior

Dacia superior formed part of one of the most intensely Mithraic frontier regions of the Roman empire after the conquest of Trajan.

Provincia

Baetica

Baetica occupied a prosperous and highly urbanised corner of Roman Hispania where Mithraic cults circulated through Mediterranean exchange networks.

Provincia

Tarraconensis

Across Tarraconensis, Mithraic evidence appears in diverse urban, military and Mediterranean environments of Roman Hispania.

Provincia

Lusitania

Lusitania preserves one of the most important bodies of Mithraic evidence in Roman Hispania, centred above all on Augusta Emerita and its urban religious landscape.

Provincia

Germania inferior

Germania inferior preserves a strongly militarised body of Mithraic evidence from the lower Rhine frontier of the Roman empire.

Provincia

Aemilia

Aemilia connected northern and central Italy through prosperous urban centres and major communication routes of the Roman Peninsula.

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