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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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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The Mithraeum of Vulci is remarkable because of his high benches and the arches below them.
The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.
The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.
Torchbearer restored as Paris
Aion found in the Tiber
Tauroctony from Santiponce
Slab of S. Urban by Ursinus
Tauroctony from Antium
Head of Mithras from Santo Stefano Rotondo
Tauroctony from Pisa
Altar for Cautopates from Ptuj
Imprint of a gem with Mithras killing the bull
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That’s a good excuse to open a discord server ;)
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Is the Date on the side correct? I guess it’s not 32 cm but 3,6 cm. Or am I wrong?
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If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere…
Dear Alex, Absolutely. As a cult varies according to its geographical context…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
I’m trying to understand the few remaining vestiges of Mithras. Barberini’s fresco proves that…
Sorry Behzad Bolour (correct spelling)
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