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.
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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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Excavations in 1979 on the remains of the church of Notre-Dame d'Avigonet in Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, brought to light a small mithraeum.
The Mithraeum of Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it's the latest know and used.
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
The Mithraeum was inserted into the basement of the basilica-theater by the 3rd century.
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Cippus from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
Tauroctony from Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Mosaic of Fructus from the Mitreo del Sabazeo
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Kneeling man from Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Tauroctony from Alba Iulia with collared dog
Imprint of a gem with Mithras killing the bull
Cautes and Cautopates of Friedberg
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Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic tauroctony…
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Hi Levin: It’s quite a common point of view in religious contexts to worrying about to what…
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Thank you for sharing, Yannick. Our factsheet here: https://www.mithraeum.eu/monument/1399
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I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890…
I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group…
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Great shot! Thanks for sharing, Pattie. We’d need a reference though, not go our entire database ;…
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hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…
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