On what Hekate’s name may or may not tell us, and why the uncertainty matters.
Notitiae
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.
Introductio
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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.
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.
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The Mithraeum of Symphorus and Marcus, in Óbuda, Budapest, has been restored to public view in 2004 and, while well presented, it has been heavily restored.
The Mithraeum of Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.
To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.
After Christianity was adopted, most pagan monuments were destroyed or abandoned. Garni, however, was preserved at the request of the sister of King Tiridates II and used as a summer residence for Armenian royalty.
Aion gold figurine from Geneva
Arula by Lucius Petreius of Cabrera de Mar
Altar of Poreč
Inscription of Ision from Guberevac
Altar of Carrawburgh by Aulus Cluentius
First Tauroctony relief of Dura Europos
Lion from Les Bolards
Altar with Inscription to Mithras of Rottenburg
CIMRM 878
Sententia
Respectfully brother I agree with you, although we may disagree on what that phrase refers to.
on Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype: Underground Clubs of the Syndexioi and Pueri Superbi
Visited 2 times. Different stone type also.
I’m working on this inscription, and I’m not sure if you’ve understood and translated it correctly…
Thanks. That helped.
on CIMRM 1006
I guess the author has made a mistake. The so called Casa del Mitreo has not provided any document related to Mithras cult…
Thanks Pattie!
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
Trump derangement syndrome is something else.
on Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype: Underground Clubs of the Syndexioi and Pueri Superbi
On the York Tauroctony from C. Wellbeloved, Eburacum (1842) This Mithraic group was found in the year 1747…
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