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.
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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.
Restoring the Mysteries: A Conversation with Peter Mark Adams on his new book ‘Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras’.
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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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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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On the occasion of the exhibition, the Royal Museum of Mariemont invites five experts from Europe to emulate the research on the cult of Mithras.
The Mithraeum of Martigny is the first temple devoted to Mithras found in Switzerland.
For the first time, a Mithraeum has been discovered in Corsica, at the site of Mariana, Lucciana (Haute-Corse).
The first members of the Wiesloch Mithraeum may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.
To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.
Cautes of Trier
Altars to Cautes and Cautopates of Stefano Rotondo
Sol in quadriga of Entrains
Altar to Semele from Cologne
Taurcotony of Secundinus
Tauroctony from Palermo
Mithraic exvoto of Dalmatia
Cautes and Cautopates of Marquise
Tauroctony from Santo Domingo de Silos
Sententia
One hypothesis is that the mythology of the Roman secret society of Mithras was transformed into an esoteric society…
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Welcome Hamed and thank you for your excellent group and posts. We *need* more!
Honestly, thank you. Recognition helps.
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Salve Martin and welcome to The New Mithraeum! Feel free to share your website for anyone interested in your great project!
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Stockstadt mithraeum is not located at Saalsburg Kastell. Stockstadt is at least 30 Kilometers from…
Gallia, Vol. 6, No. 2 (1948), pp. 289-347 (59 pages)
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Yes Madame. Its a white marble statue (H. 0.93), found in 1952 in Fuente de la Piedras, community of Cabra (prov. Cordova)…
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