We propose to revisit a passage by the prolific author Marteen Vermaseren that highlights correspondences today forgotten between the Roman Mithras and its Eastern counterparts.
Notitiae
Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
On what Hekate’s name may or may not tell us, and why the uncertainty matters.
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:…
Introductio
Press clips
Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.
Newsroom
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.
Mysteriesofmithras/sandbox
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
The floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.
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.
One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.
C’est en 1986, à l’occasion de la restructuration de l’ancien magasin Parunis, qu’une fouille de sauvetage archéologique fut réalisée cours Victor Hugo.
Tauroctony from via di Borgo
Submission scene from Barberini
Tauroctony from Vratnitsa
Red sandstone tauroctony from Heddernheim
Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus
Major fresco of the Mitreo Barberini
Candelabrum of Doryphorus
Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Felsgeburt des Mithras
Sententia
Well, thanks for getting back to me. If there’s anything you’d like to know, feel free to poke me. Nice to meet you…
on Beth
Indeed, Stephen. The catalogue is highly recommendable for all audiences, academic, professional and the simply curious…
Hi Levin: It’s quite a common point of view in religious contexts to worrying about to what…
on Hyenas or Lionesses? Mithraism and Women in the Religious World of the Late Antiquity
Thank you for your reply. My comment was in no way meant to be critical, I found the same information on the web…
Wouldn’t you be unveiling the secret doctrine?
I think there is no trace of this mithraeum since long time ago...
Thanks Pattie!
Thank you, Pattie. We have automatically added a number of references that indeed need revision!
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