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The New Mithraeum Database

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Presentation of Mystai by Peter Mark Adams

Presentation on the Dionysian-themed frescoes of the Villa of the Mysteries by Peter Mark Adams on the occasion of the presentation of his book.

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Mithrasstein Dieburg

Film in German describing the Mithras relief from Dieburg as part of the design and staging of the Mithraeum in Museum Schloss Fechenbach, Dieburg.

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David Ulansey - The Cosmic Mysteries of Mithras

Public lecture by David Ulansey on Mithraism, based on his book The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries: Cosmology and Salvation in the Ancient World.

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Reconstructing the Roman Mystery Religion of Mithras

Our modern understanding of Mithraism, though, depends largely on a few short (and very problematic) literary mentions, mostly written by the cult’s Christian rivals.

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El primer testimonio mitraico

The article reveals the context in which the first public appearance of Mitra happened to answer two questions: who were the first people to give prominence to this deity, and for what purpose they did so.

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From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas

Twelve centuries separate the decline of Roman Mithraism from the dawn of Freemasonry. Twelve centuries during which the mysteries of Mithras have remained more secret than ever.

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Castle and Mithraeum of Zerzevan candidate to World Heritage

The Temple of Mithras, inside an ancient military settlement, is situated on the eastern border of the Roman Empire.

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Los dioses de Egipto y Persia que los romanos honraron en Lucus Augusti

La Domus de Mitreo y el Centro Arqueolóxico de San Roque muestran otra cara del viejo Lugo

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Newly-found petroglyph in western Iran may have link to Mithraism

Some Iranian archaeologists suggest that the carving was created by a follower of Mithraism as it depicts a simple portrayal of a human with his right hand raised and an object in his hand. But, experts say it needs much more study in order to date the pe

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Reconstructed Roman Temple of Mithras opens to public in London

Visitors to new museum will uncover mystery cult of Mithras the bull slayer in multi-sensory experience.

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Lucius Agrius Fructosus

Patron of the corpus stuppatorum and benefactor who financed the construction of the Mithraeum of Fructosus at Ostia.

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Lucius Sempronius

Offered a throne to Sol god in Ostia.

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Gaius Caelius Ermeros

Antistes and patron of the Mithraea of the Painted Walls and the Imperial Palace at Ostia.

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Lucius Agrius Calendius

Benefactor of the Imperial Palace Mithraeum and possible member of Ostia’s African community.

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Marcus Cerellius Hieronymus

Leading member of the Ostian Mithraic community, holder of the titles pater, sacerdos and antistes.

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Gaius Valerius Vitalis

Mithraic priest and dedicator of the leontocephalic deity from the Fagan Mithraeum at Ostia.

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Sextus Annius Merops

Honoratus of the dendrophori of Ostia who dedicated a statue of Terra Mater in AD 142.

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Sextus Fusinius Felix

Donor of a small altar from the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates, Sextus Fusinius Felix may belong to a family attested among Ostia’s augustales.

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Junia Zosime

Junia Zosime is known from an inscription discovered at Ostia recording the donation of a silver statue of the Virtus of the dendrophori.

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Felicissimus

Probably the Pater of the Mithraeum of Ostia which bears his name.

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