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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.

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Andreu Abuín

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Some places to visit

  • Mithraeum of Cirta

    An inscription mentioning a speleum decorated by Publilius Ceionius suggests the location of a mithraeum in Cirta, the capital of Numidia.

     
  • Mitreo di Ponza

    This Mithraic shrine on the island of Ponza is renowned for its exceptional stucco zodiac and astral symbolism linked to Roman Mithaism.

     
  • Mithraeum of Cyrene

    The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.

     
  • Mitreo Sacellum delle Tre Navate

    The Mithraeum in the Chapel of the Three Naves was not linked to the cult of Mithras until recently because of a mosaic showing a pig, in the belief that it was an animal unfit for consumption in a temple of Eastern origin.

     

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Guest insights

Pattie L

Thrilled to help. =D

on Tauroctony relief from Paks

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Of course, the Moon’s axis passes through Cancer (summer solstice, the days shorten)…

on Tauroctony relief from Naples

 

The New Mithraeum

Thank you for sharing, much appreciated

on Slab of Quintus Claudius from Santiponce

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Of course, Mithraism is a doctrine based on Chiasma, like Christianity and Platonism.

on Tauroctony relief from Naples

 

Dominique PERSOONS

I believe that the top left corner does not come from this relief: there is no Sun facing the Moon…

on Tauroctony relief from Naples

 

The New Mithraeum

On this, the sun and the moon are a common motif in Roman iconography, appearing of course on the…

on Tauroctony relief from Naples

 

Dominique PERSOONS

He does indeed have a life jacket; it was mandatory for the Romans.

on a post

 

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

 

Milen Ivanov

В египетски има дума heka което означава магия дори…

on A name older than Greece

 
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