In his first book, Fahim Ennouhi sheds light on the cult of Mithras in Roman Africa. A marginal and elitist phenomenon, confined to restricted circles and largely absent from local religious dynamics, yet revealing.
Notitiae
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Introductio
Press clips
Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.
Newsroom
Over the last century or so, a great deal has been said about the god Mithras and his mysteries, which became known to the European world mainly through his Roman cultus during the Imperial Period.
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A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.
Las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento arqueológico romano de la villa de Mithra, en Cabra (Córdoba), han deparado el excepcional hallazgo de un mitreo, o zona destinada al culto al dios Mithra, cuya estatua fue descubierta hace unos 70 años.
Agencia
On the occasion of the exhibition, the Royal Museum of Mariemont invites five experts from Europe to emulate the research on the cult of Mithras.
The Mithraeum of Aldobrandini was excavated in 1924 by G. Calza on the premises belonging to the Aldobrandini family.
The name of this domus comes from the fact that some authors once associated one of its mosaics with the cult of Mithras, a connection that has since been dismissed.
A Mithraeum was discovered in 2007, during the excavations at the Zerzevan Castle.
Lors de la construction de l’église Saint-Paul en 1911, un mithraeum a été mis au jour à Königshoffen, vicus gallo-romain situé aux abords du camp légionnaire de Strasbourg-Argentorate.
Tauroctony of Sarrebourg
Aion of Arles
Tauroctony of via di Borgo
Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull
Altar by Marcus Aurelius Sabinus
Bust of Aion of unkown origine
Terra sigillata bowl depicting the Mithraic cult meal from Trier
Altar of Hermadio from Tibiscum
Silvanus of Skikda
Sententia
Interessante e gostei muito deste artigo. Penso que o culto de Mitra carece de mais documentação …
Any clue why this "counts" as two different CIMRM numbers?
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
Many thanks for the information, John. The page has been updated.
Everyone crowds around to see which books they have in common. ;-)
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We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)
Sorry, am disabled so marching round a museum has to be a limited event. But if I am going will let …
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Love the picture of both guys besides the statue. Aren't they called Cautes and Cautopates by a chan…
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