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.
Notitiae
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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:…
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.
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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 underground cave which served as temple was cut into the conglomerate rock of the area, and a flight of eight steps of stone slabs led to it.
The remains of the Jajački Mithraeum were discovered accidentally during excavation for the construction of a private house in 1931.
The existence of a mithraeum in the "tana del lupo", a natural cave in the castle of Angera, has been assumed since the 19th century, following the discovery of two mithraic inscriptions in the town.
The Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.
Inscription by Decimus from Lambaesis
Cautes and Cautopates of Marquise
The Acosolium of the Mysteries in the Hypogeum of Vibia
Altar of Gaius Iulius Crescens of Friedberg for Respectus
Tauroctony from Cluj
Tauroctony relief from Villa Borghese
Tauroctony from Nesce
CIMRM 370 & 371
Two Mithras-Attis terracotta from Kerch
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Excellent
The modern Masonic lodge is organised around the starry vault, but the officers are still arranged…
alright, thank you!
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It makes perfect sense. My hesitation would lie in the time gap that separates Mithraism and Freemasonry…
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You’re absolutely right, Pattie. I’ve made the correction. Thanks for spotting it!
??? Is this an actual mithraeum?
CIMRM 1743 You’re as dyslexic as me! ;-) (Gotta love that the inventory number is stamped right on the stomach…
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You are right, Stephen. Thank you for noticing. We have updated the information on this article.
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