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Mithras, a glocal god?

On universal traditions, local communities, initiation and ritual in the Roman cult of Mithras with Csaba Szabó.

Andreu Abuín
Andreu Abuín

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Some places to visit

  • Mithäum II von Heddernheim

    Second Mithraic sanctuary discovered in 1826 some 150 metres west of Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with finds in the Wiesbaden museum.

     
  • Mithraeum of Naples

    The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.

     
  • Casa del Mitreo

    The name of this domus comes from the fact that some authors once associated one of its mosaics with the cult of Mithras, a connection that has since been dismissed.

     
  • Mithréum de Septeuil

    In the second half of the 4th century, a Mithraic temple was established within an earlier spring sanctuary at Septeuil, where the cult of the nymphs and Mithraic practices appear to have coexisted.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

Alejandro Jiménez Hernández

An essential article for understanding the archaeoastronomical orientation of the Hawarte Mithraeum…

on Mithraeum of Hawarte

 

Pattie L

There was an actual (charred) pinecone found in the floor at Carrawburgh. Understandably hard to tag…

on Tauroctony from Târgușor

 

Mateusz Zalewski

You are most welcome, I’m glad that it was of use. E Do ut Des, I give pro publico bono so that you may give to others…

on The Chaldean Oracles: A different perspective

 

Dominique PERSOONS

On the basilica of Autun (1148) the journey is reversed: souls ascend to heaven by the Moon and…

on Tauroctony relief from Naples

 

Dominique PERSOONS

I don’t understand why he needs a shower cap to go surfing.

on a post

 

The New Mithraeum

Oh well, all I had to do was ask, and now we can tag shires too! There we go: https://www.mithraeum…

on Tauroctony from Târgușor

 

Pattie L

Was working in the 2200s today and found an image of this tauroctony on Flickr…

on Tauroctony relief from Oescus

 

Milen Ivanov

Привет! Имам забележка за превода: For good fortune…

on Tauroctony from Nicopolis ad Istrum

 
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