The New Mithraeum Database tagged with isis

The following is the opinion of the great majority of learned men. By some it is maintained that there are two gods, rivals as it were, authors the one of good and the other of evil. Others confine the name of god to the good power, the other they termDe…

The traditional grand narrative correlating the decline of Graeco-Roman religion with the rise of Christianity has been under pressure for three decades. This book argues that the alternative accounts now emerging significantly underestimate the role of t…

The Isis of Merida is covered by a long dress that reaches down to her feet.

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Dans un monde rempli d’une multitude de dieux, Mithra, que l’on dit venir de Perse, rencontra dès la fin du Ier siècle de notre ère un succès fulgurant qui perdura plus de 300 ans d’un bout à l’autre de l’Empire romain et attira des dizaine…

Lissa-Caronna details the excavation and findings of a mithraeum beneath San Stefano Rotondo, focusing on its decor, sculptures, and rituals.

Franz Cumont. — Les Religions orientales dans le paganisme romain, 4e éd. revue, illustrée et annotée. Un vol. in-8° carré de XVI et 339 pages. Paris, Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1929. L'ouvrage classique et magistral de notre eminen…

Procurator of Tarraconensis, he dedicated a monument to the Invincible God, Isis and Serapis in Asturica Augusta.

Latin writer, Platonic philosopher and rhetorician.

Public treasurer known for several inscriptions to Mithras found in San Silvestro.

In Vergil’s Aeneid, the poet implies that those who have been initiated into mystery cults enjoy a blessed situation both in life and after death. This collection of essays brings new insight to the study of mystic cults in the ancient world, particular…