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
Press clips
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.
P Sufenas Virius Lupus
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.
Agencia
Although the site at Cerro de San Albín is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.
To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.
The Mithraeum of Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.
The Mithraeum in Halberg hill, near Saarbrücken, is one of the oldest historical places in the area.
Inscription by Aurelius Rufinus of Andros
Tauroctony from Leonardo Agostini book
Relief of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva
Imprint of a gem with Mithras killing the bull
Two Mithras-Attis terracotta from Kerch
Tauroctony from Vermaseren's private collection
CIMRM 760
Roman Marble Relief Panel with Birth of Mithras
Mithraic inscription from Anazarba
Sententia
Richard Gordon suggests the object on the Miles step is a bull’s hindquarter…
I guess indeed Vermaseren was referring to what we call pine cones today.
Mmmm… do you mean this one?
on CIMRM 893
CIMRM 1655
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten…
wHAT?WHat???
on CIMRM 1743
I knew this amazing capital in Monreale. In Sicily, isn’t it? It’s quite remarkable…
I sincerely appreciate your response and the list of books you provided. Were your mentions of…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
The journey of the soul in the Mithraic ritual: hypothesis of resurrection or reincarnation…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
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