It is well known that Mithras was born from a rock. However, less has been written about the father of the solar god, and especially about how he conceived him.
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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 floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.
The remains of the Jajački Mithraeum were discovered accidentally during excavation for the construction of a private house in 1931.
The Mithraeum of Angers, excavated during a preventive operation and subsequently dismantled in 2010, yielded numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps, and a ceramic vessel bearing a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.
The Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus was discovered in 1931 during work carried out to create a storage area for the scenes and costumes of the Opera House within the Museums of Rome building.
Tauroctony from Symphorus and Marcus from Aquincum
Incensiary vessel of Dieburg
Mithraic meal from Proložac, Croatia
Tauroctony from Santo Domingo de Silos
Fragments of a column base from Hamadan
Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte
CIMRM 227
Tauroctony from Quirinale
Inscription of Aurelius Mithres
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Thank you for sharing @dominique.persoons It would be great if we can get it in a better definition.
Does anyone know what the outcome of this was? Was a lower layer of paint revealed?
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The map entry seems to be wrong, nowhere near Saarbrücken
I see the Platonic Chiasmus on this fresco from Pompei. I think Mithras and Sol Apollo have nothing to see with earth…
Just gorgeous.
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I knew this amazing capital in Monreale. In Sicily, isn’t it? It’s quite remarkable…
Dear Behzad, You are, of course quite right. That said, the earliest account of the tauroctony…
Glad to hear, Joel. Feel free to send some pics!
Thank you for noticing, Ron. The Syrian location mentioned before referred to the original Roman Province, I guess. Regards.
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