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The many lives of Mithras

We speak with Israel Campos Méndez about questions that continue to divide scholars: what links the Indo-Iranian Mithra to the deity worshipped in the Roman Empire, and what do we really know about the origins of Roman Mithraism?

Andreu Abuín

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Some places to visit

  • Mithräum I von Heddernheim

    First Mithraic sanctuary discovered at Heddernheim (ancient Nida) in 1826, with finds preserved in the Städtisches Museum at Wiesbaden.

     
  • Mithraeum of Housesteads

    The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.

     
  • Mithraeum II of Aquincum in Victorinus’s house

    This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.

     
  • Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

    The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres (Sette Sfere) is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

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

 

Jorge Gallo

hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…

on Cautes from Les Bolards

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Dear Veronica, as a woman you cannot attend the ceremonies in the mithraeum. But you can help prepare the feast…

on Veronica

 

Nik Shah

It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.

on Temple of Garni

 

Pattie Lawler

Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I…

on Triptic of Tróia

 

Dominique PERSOONS

hello, what does symbolize this huge spher with a crown over? I believe resurrection of the soul …

on Cautes from Les Bolards

 

Pattie L

Greeaaaaaaat. Now I’m flying to Chicago. ;-) Thanks for the heads up.

on Tauroctony from the Collezione Torlonia

 

dilara ozasir

I am researching the Latin inscription dedicated by Callimorphus to Mithras (EDCS-27800570 / CIL III 12135)…

on Column of Callimorphus

 

Matthew K

Dear newcomers, kindly complete this questionnaire to the best of your abilities in this thread…

on Mount Nemrut Dağı

 
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