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 Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.
The Mithraeum of Saara, Syria, has been identified through the deciphering of the remains of the iconographic programme on its arch.
A votive altar referring to the cult of Mithras was found more than forty years before the site was excavated and the Mithraeum discovered.
The Mithraeum near Porta Romana was connected to a Sacello, but the door was blocked.
Inscription of Valentinus Secundionis
Tauroctony from Aigio
Mosaic of Silvanus from Ostia
Intaglio with Tauroctony from The Met
Tauroctony from Absalmos
Sol in quadriga of Entrains
Busto de Livia
Head of Sol / Helios intarsio from Sant Prisca
Terra sigillata bowl depicting the Mithraic cult meal from Trier
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So... you *were* an owner, like me, prior to being hacked. Why don’t you start another group?…
on Pattie
Thank you for the beautiful image and the information. I haven’t had the chance to visit it yet…
on CIMRM 618
Thank you! ☺️ So nice!
Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithraeum of Victorinus (II…
Probably at home... but I’m at work. ;-) Will get back to you.
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on CIMRM 1743
Thanks for sharing such an important piece of information
What fascinates me is the bull's mouth next to the flame of Cautes. Many bulls with their heads…
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