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Forged altar from Soulan

This supposed Mithraic altar from Soulan in the Pyrenees was later identified as a modern forgery, including both the inscription and the alleged cave context in which it was said to have been discovered.

Monumentum

Torchbearer relief from Narbonne

This heavily damaged relief from Narbo preserves the figure of a cross-legged Mithraic torchbearer carved in low relief near the church of Saint-Sébastien in Narbonne.

Provincia

Transpadana

Transpadana occupied the northern plains of Italy where major communication routes connected the peninsula to the Alpine and Danubian worlds.

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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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Britannia superior

Britannia superior preserves a substantial body of Mithraic evidence associated with military sites and urban centres of Roman Britain.

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Armenia

Armenia occupied a frontier crossroads between the Roman world, Anatolia and the Iranian cultural sphere.

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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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Venetia

Venetia connected northern Italy to the Adriatic and Danubian worlds through trade, mobility and imperial communication routes.

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Samnium

Samnium occupied a mountainous region of central Italy linked to Rome through military movement and regional urban networks.

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Lucania

Lucania connected inland southern Italy to the Tyrrhenian and Ionian maritime worlds through regional communication networks.

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Campania

Campania preserved a vibrant urban and maritime environment closely connected to the commercial life of Roman Italy.

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Chersonesus

Chersonesus occupied a northern Black Sea position where Greek, Roman and frontier cultures intersected at the edges of the Mithraic world.

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Thracia

Thracia connected the Balkan world to the northern Aegean through military movement, trade routes and provincial urban centres.

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Moesia inferior

Moesia inferior occupied a major position along the lower Danube where Mithraic cults circulated through military and port environments.

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Dalmatia

Dalmatia connected the Adriatic world to the Balkan interior through maritime routes, military mobility and provincial urban networks.

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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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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.

Syndexios

Vettius Agorius Praetextatus

One of the most eminent representatives of late antique pagan religiosity, combining high civic authority with deep initiation into multiple mystery traditions, including the cult of Mithras.

Socius

Israel Campos

Scholar in Mithraic Studies

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