On what Hekate’s name may or may not tell us, and why the uncertainty matters.
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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:…
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.
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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 Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.
The Mithraeum des Bolards was integrated into a therapeutic cultural complex related to healing waters.
The Mithraeum was found in one of the rooms of the Horrea built in the years 120 - 125 AD. The installation of the shrine may have taken place in the first half of the third century.
The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras’s temples in Africa.
Tauroctony from La Bâtie-Montsaléon
Mithraic vignettes of Ptuj
Bust of Aion of unkown origine
Tauroctony from Santo Stefano Rotondo
Tauroctony from Symphorus and Marcus from Aquincum
Altar with Sol’s head from Altbachtal
Tauroctony from the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
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Inscription by Proficentius, Rome
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Thank you Gabriel. Nice to read you
Hello, I am new here. How can I contact you privately for the images rights?
Gratias Pattie!
British Museum: Gallery 70, display case 14 (G70/dc14)
You are right, Stephen. Thank you for noticing. We have updated the information on this article.
Thank you for the beautiful image and the information. I haven’t had the chance to visit it yet…
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alright, thank you!
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Gracias a ti, Alex. Me alegra que te resulte interesante.
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