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Notitia

The Golden Ass: Book XI

The concluding book of Apuleius’ Golden Ass (or Metamorphoses), where Lucius, the story’s protagonist, undergoes initiation into the mysteries of Isis and Osiris.

Monumentum

Altar with Inscription to Mithras of Rottenburg

This monument was erected by a certain Publius Aelius Vocco, a solider of the Legio XXII Primigenia Pia Fidelis stationed in Mainz.

Notitia

Mithras in Hispania

On the occasion of the discovery of a Mithraeum in Cabra, Spain, we talk to Jaime Alvar, a leading figure in the field of Mithraism. With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the peculiarities of the cult of Mithras in Hispania.

Monumentum

Mitreo del Circo Massimo

The Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus was discovered in 1931 during work carried out to create a storage area for the scenes and costumes of the Opera House within the Museums of Rome building.

Monumentum

Mithras taurophorus of Ptuj

The sculpture of Mithras carrying the bull includes an inscription on its base.

Socius

Maarten Jozef Vermaseren

Dutch historian, born in 1918 and deceased in 1985. He was a specialist in the history of religions, especially the Eastern cults in the Roman Empire. A prolific writer, best known for his Corpus inscriptionum et monumentorum religionis Mithriacae.

Monumentum

Mithraeum of Inveresk

The Mithraeum of Inveresk, south of Musselburgh, East Lothian, is the first found in Scotland, and the earliest securely dated example from Britain.

Socius

Nicolas Amoroso

Curator of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Royal Museum of Mariemont (Belgium). Research fields: Archaeology of the Oriental cults in the Roman Empire.

Monumentum

Inscription of the praeses Aurelius Hermodorus

This marble gives some details of the reconstruction of the Virunum Mithraeum.

Monumentum

Inscription by Cassianus of Aquilieia

This monument to the invincible god Mithras was inscribed on the façade of the church of Aiello deil Friuli, Aquileia.

Monumentum

Altar from Aquincum by Castinus

This altar to Mithras is dedicated by a certain Gaius Iulius Castinus, legate prefect of the emperors.

Monumentum

Mithraic vase of Lezoux

This terracotta vase features prolific decoration, including Mithras Tauroctonos, Fortuna, Cautes, a dog and Pan playing a syrinx.

Monumentum

Altar with uncertain dedication from Kreta

Sandstone altar with patera from the rock sanctuary at Kreta, Moesia Inferior, bearing a Greek inscription of uncertain reading, possibly a thanksgiving to Mithras.

Monumentum

Inscription of Cimber and Exsocho from Cologne

This monument with an inscription by two individuals was found in the first mithraeum of Cologne, Germany.

Locus

Tihaljina (Tihaljina)

Tihaljina belongs to the inland settlement landscape of Roman Dalmatia.

Locus

Amasia (Amasya)

Amasya is a city in northern Turkey, in the Black Sea Region.

Monumentum

Mithraic texts from Santa Prisca

Preliminary readings of the painted Mithraic texts later revised after additional research and restoration.

Monumentum

Tauroctony from the Collezione Torlonia

This remarkable Greek marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 1705 and remained in private collections until it was bought by the Louvre.

Locus

Sárkeszi (Sárkeszi)

Sárkeszi is a village in Fejér county, Hungary.

Locus

Camboglanna (Castlesteads)

Camboglanna was a Roman fort.

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