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Re-interpreting
the Mysteries of Mithras

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.

Csaba Szabó

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News and articles
from The New Mithraeum

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    Mithras in Africa

    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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    Adams on Mithras

    Restoring the Mysteries: A Conversation with Peter Mark Adams on his new book ‘Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras’.

     
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    Mithras in Dacia
    with Csaba Szabó

    Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.

     
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    Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype

    Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging…

     
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Some places to visit

  • Mitreo di Sutri

    The Mithraeum of Sutri was built inside a rocky hill that also hosted the Roman theatre of the city.

     
  • Mithraeum III of Ptuj

    Mithraeum III in Ptuj was built in two periods: the original walls were made of pebbles, while the extension of a later period was made of brick.

     
  • Mitreo di Vulci

    The Mithraeum of Vulci is remarkable because of his high benches and the arches below them.

     
  • Mitreo di Capodimonte

    The Mithraeum of Visentium, near Capodimonte in Viterbo, was carved grotto-style into a tuff cliff overlooking the waters of Lake Bolsena, just a few dozen metres away.

     

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Alex

This is a great Mithraeum and a obliged visit if you go to Roma. It is located below San Clemente…

on Mitreo di San Clemente

 

Alex Abbas

I'm on it!

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Jorge Gallo

Congratulations to the city hall of Lugo and all the team who participated in this unexpected…

on The Mithreaum of Lugo reveals the expansion of the Persian cult to the boundaries of Hispania

 

Milo Fascino

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jacques mortier

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Ilona Lovász

There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithraeum of Victorinus (II…

on Mithraeum II of Aquincum in Victorinus’s house

 

The New Mithraeum

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on Randazzo Vecchio

 

The New Mithraeum

Thank you, Pattie. We have automatically added a number of references that indeed need revision!

on CIMRM 418

 

The New Mithraeum

I guess indeed Vermaseren was referring to what we call pine cones today.

on Aion of Skikda

 
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