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Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype: Underground Clubs of the Syndexioi and Pueri Superbi

Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging. How ancient rituals and brotherhood ideals resurface in radical modern movements.

Dave Fingrut

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  • Life around the world’s largest Mithras temple revealed at Doliche

    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

    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

  • The Mirror of Mithras

    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.

    P Sufenas Virius Lupus

  • A new mithraeum discovered during excavation in Trier

    A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.

  • Hallan en el yacimiento romano de Cabra (Córdoba) un lugar de culto al dios Mithra

    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

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Some places to visit

  • Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

    The House of the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls was built in the second half of the 2nd century BC (opus incertum) and modified during the Augustan period.

     
  • Mithräum von Trier

    The Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.

     
  • Mithraeum of Eleusis

    A Mithraeum has been identified in Eleusis where the last Hierophant form thespia had the rank of Father in the Mithraic Mysteries.

     
  • Mithraeum of Zerzevan

    A Mithraeum was discovered in 2007, during the excavations at the Zerzevan Castle.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

Jaime Alvar Ezquerra

I guess the author has made a mistake. The so called Casa del Mitreo has not provided any document related to Mithras cult…

on Cerro de San Albín

 

Pattie L

"...probably an upturned vase with flowers." This needs an eye roll emoji. Seriously, what’s the likelihood?…

on CIMRM 1006

 

The New Mithraeum

Salve Aleš, I’ve checked the translation you mention and agree that Eucheta is more likely the…

on Terentius Priscus

 

Nik Shah

It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.

on Temple of Garni

 

Dominique PERSOONS

here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.

on Tauroctony from Sarrebourg

 

Dominique PERSOONS

The journey of the soul in the Mithraic ritual: hypothesis of resurrection or reincarnation…

on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Souls enter Cancer and follow the cycle of the moon passing in front of the altar…

on Zodiac stucco of Ponza

 

The New Mithraeum

Salve Pattie. I suspect they have been merged because there is not much information on them other…

on Inscriptions of Eauze

 
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