On the occasion of the discovery of a Mithraeum in Cabra, Spain, we talk to Jaime Alvar, a leading figure in the field of Mithraism. With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the peculiarities of the cult of Mithras in Hispania.
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At Rome’s twilight, amid political upheaval and Christian ascendancy, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus embodied pagan intellect, virtue, and authority across senatorial, military, and mystical spheres.
By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation:…
This article revisits the Mithraeum of S. Maria Capua Vetere, one of the most complete and artistically refined Mithraic sanctuaries in the Campanian region, situating it within its archaeological, iconographic, and ritual-historical contexts.
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.
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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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The Mysteries of Mithras is an independent Initiatic Order which is inspired by and uses the allegory of the lost and ancient Mithraic Mysteries also known as Mithraism a previously influential Roman Cult of the same name.
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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.
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The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.
The Mithraeum of Marino presents an unusually elongated structure with depictions from the Severian period.
The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.
The Mithraeum I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.
Lion-headed Aion from Sidon
Tauroctony bronze of Szőny
Tauroctony on display in Boston
Two-sided relief from Rückingen
Altars to Cautes and Cautopates of Aquincum
Tauroctony from Carnuntum
Tauroctony from Chrestos
Head of Sol / Helios intarsio from Sant Prisca
Aion of Hedderneheim
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I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890…
Love the picture of both guys besides the statue. Aren't they called Cautes and Cautopates by a chance?
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
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Thanks Pattie!
Salve Dominique and thank you for all the additional parallels you mentioned…
Strange! I am not in Rome, but I would expect it to be open every day, even more in the summer!…
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337 At the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere, the image reveals Oceanus and Terra in opposition…
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