Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.
Notitiae
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:…
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.
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.
Newsroom
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.
Mysteriesofmithras/sandbox
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 Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.
The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.
A sixth temple dedicated to Mithras has been identified for the first time in the military sector of the ancient Roman city of Aquincum.
The first members of the Wiesloch Mithraeum may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.
Round Tauroctony of Split
CIMRM 227
Head of Sol / Helios intarsio from Sant Prisca
Altar of Tihaljina
Altar to Transitus from Sárkeszi
Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum
Column with inscription from Dura Europos
Tauroctony from Sarrebourg
Aion of Mitreo Fagan
Sententia
Glad to hear, Joel. Feel free to send some pics!
Thank you for sharing, Yannick. Our factsheet here: https://www.mithraeum.eu/monument/1399
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Just gorgeous.
on CIMRM 1231
Thank you for sharing @dominique.persoons It would be great if we can get it in a better definition.
Porphyry says that the cave isn’t only the symbol of the Cosmos, but also the symbol of invisible powers…
I think we were talking about two types of globes: you were mentioning the small spheres carried by certain figures…
Salve Pattie. I suspect they have been merged because there is not much information on them other…
By the way, Pattie, did you have a chance to visit any temples during your trip in Europe?
Thank you, Pattie. We have automatically added a number of references that indeed need revision!
on CIMRM 418
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