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
Restoring the Mysteries: A Conversation with Peter Mark Adams on his new book ‘Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras’.
Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.
Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging…
Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.
Introductio
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Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.
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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 Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres (Sette Sfere) is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.
Mithras and other oriental gods were worshipped in the shrine of Zeus near the Villa of the Quintilians in Rome.
The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.
Tauroctony from Domus del Mitreo of Tarquinia
Tauroctony of Aelius Hylas from Doştat
Male figure with offerings from Dieburg
Altar with openwork of Inveresk
Tauroctony of Memphis
Tauroctony of Jajce
Altar from Ain-Zana
Mithraic stele from Alba Iulia
Bronze inscription from Aldobrandini
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Indeed, Dionisia. Thanks for noticing. Well corrected.
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Dear Joachim: To my knowledge, perhaps not the dative lionis, but the word leo is often found in the Mithraic context…
Same here!
Salve Khaldi, and thank you for the correction. Indeed, only one legate is mentioned in this monument. Correction made…
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I think it would be helpful to include visiting information... I’m under the impression that some…
Visited 2 times. Different stone type also.
AVE , Hello, I'd like to offer you a Platonic interpretation of the Trier Relief…
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