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The many lives of Mithras

We speak with Israel Campos Méndez about questions that continue to divide scholars: what links the Indo-Iranian Mithra to the deity worshipped in the Roman Empire, and what do we really know about the origins of Roman Mithraism?

Andreu Abuín
Andreu Abuín

Notitiae

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Introductio

 

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Some places to visit

  • Mitreo de Carminiello ai Mannesi

    The Mithraeum of Carminiello ai Mannesi was installed in two rooms of a 1st century BC domus.

     
  • Mithraeum of Tiddis

    The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.

     
  • Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale

    A mosaic of Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.

     
  • Mithraeum I of Ptuj

    The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

 

Pattie L

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on Tauroctony from Dragus

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Of course, Mithraism is a doctrine based on Chiasma, like Christianity and Platonism.

on Tauroctony relief from Naples

 

Dominique PERSOONS

He does indeed have a life jacket; it was mandatory for the Romans.

on a post

 

Pattie L

I was just SO excited over this one. XOXO

on Altar from Paks

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Here, does the bas-relief come from Ptuj, or from Frankfurt-Heddernheim?

on a post

 

The New Mithraeum

Brilliant find. Thanks as usual!

on Altar from Paks

 

Andreu Abuín

Oceanus appears several times in Mithraic iconography. In some cases, though it is unclear whether it is Oceanus or Saturn…

on Mitreo di Santa Prisca

 
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