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Syndexios

Euhemerus
Euhemerus was a Greek or Greco-Oriental man of modest status.
Syndexios

Blastia
Blastia dedicated an altar to Mithras and Silvanus in Emona.
Syndexios

Julian
Roman emperor and philosopher known for his attempt to restore Hellenistic polytheism.
Syndexios

Cnaeus Arrius Claudianus
Libertus from the Arrii-family to which also belonged the Emperor Antonius Pius.
Syndexios

Alfius Severus
Pater (?) at Mithraeum of Marino
Syndexios

Cresces
Administrator, probably a slave of Pater Alfius Severus, who dedicated the main altar of the Mitreo di Marino.
Syndexios

Alcimus
Slave and bailiff of Tiberius Claudius Livianus.
Monumentum

Tauroctony from Vermaseren's private collection
Maarten Vermaseren acquired this rosso antico marble of Mithras slaying the bull in 1961.
TNMM376
Notitia

Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype: Underground Clubs of the Syndexioi and Pueri Superbi
Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging. How ancient rituals and brotherhood ideals resurface in radical modern movements.
Notitia

El padre de Mitra
Es bien sabido que Mitra nació de una roca. Sin embargo, menos se ha escrito acerca del padre del dios solar, y especialmente sobre cómo lo concibió.
Notitia

The Father of Mithras
It is well known that Mithras was born from a rock. However, less has been written about the father of the solar god, and especially about how he conceived him.
Notitia

Mapping Roman sanctuaries
The Digital Atlas of Roman Sanctuaries in the Danubian Provinces (DAS) is the first comprehensive and open access representation of sacralised spaces in the area.
Monumentum

Relief of Aion-Phanes
The Aion / Phanes relief, currently on display in the Gallerie Estensi, Moneda, is associated with two Eastern mysteric religions: Mithraism and Orphism.
TNMM327 – CIMRM 695, 696
Euphrosy/n[e] et Felix. P(ecunia) p(osuit) / Felix pater.
Monumentum

Procession Fresco from Santa Prisca
Figures in procession, each representing a different grade of Mithraic initiation, labeled with their respective titles.
TNMM115 – CIMRM 480
Nama [patribus] / ab oriente / ad occidente(m) / tutela Saturni. [Na]ma H[eliodromis] / tute[l]a S[ol]is. [Na]ma Persis / tutela [Mer]curis. Nama L[e]on[i]b[us] j tutela Iovis. Nama Militibus j tutela…
Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
The person who commanded the sculpture may have been M. Umbilius Criton, documented in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.
TNMM108 – CIMRM 230, 231
Κρίτων / Ἀθηναιος / έποίει.
Monumentum

Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Fresco showing a scene of initiation into the mysteries of Mithras in the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.
TNMM234 – CIMRM 188
Monumentum

CIMRM 615
Roman stone low-relief depicting Mithras as a bull-slayer, with the upper part of his head missing.
TNMM1123 – CIMRM 615
Mithraeum

Mitreo di S. Silvestro in Capite
This Mithraic temple, also known as the Mithraeum of the Olympii, dates to the 3rd century and was rediscovered in 15th-century Rome, but it has not been preserved.
TNMM446 – CIMRM 399
Monumentum

Two figures relief from Via Zanardelli
Marble relief, probably found in Rome during the construction of the Palazzo Primoli along the Via Zanardelli.
TNMM997 – CIMRM 419
Monumentum

CIMRM 3
A gold coin depicting a bearded god with a crescent facing another god with a nimbus and a radiate crown, identified as Mithras by Vermaseren.
TNMM807 – CIMRM 3