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Mithras in Armenia

Armenia occupied a strategic position between Roman and Iranian religious worlds during the centuries of Mithraic expansion.

The evidence associated with Armenia reflects the region’s intermediary position between Roman imperial culture and Iranian religious traditions. Although the documented Mithraic material remains limited and often debated, the region occupies an important place in discussions concerning the eastern background of Mithraic cults.

Mithraic monuments of Armenia

Provinces of Armenia

 

Armenia

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

Places in Armenia

 

Artaxata

Artashat, Hellenized as Artaxata and Artaxiasata, was a major city and commercial center of ancient Armenia that served as the capital of the Kingdom of Armenia from its founding in 176 BC to 120 AD, with some interruptions.

 

Dvin

Dvin was a large commercial city and the capital of early medieval Armenia.

Inscriptions from Armenia

Mher's Gate

[…] dUTU KÁ URUú-i-ši-ni-ni GU4 2 UDUMEŠ […].
For the Gate of the Sun-God of Uišini an ox and two sheep.
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