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Raised by Wolves: Mithraism and Sol Explained
HBO Max's sci-fi series Raised By Wolves features a religious faction that references Sol and the Mithraic Mysteries. Here are the real-world Roman concepts the show borrowed from.
Monumentum

Fresco of procession of grades at Santa Prisca
Procession of figures dressed in different ways with inscriptions calling them by the seven grades of the Mithraic initiation cult.
TNMM115 – CIMRM 480
Nama [patribus] / ab oriente / ad occiden[tem] / tutela Saturni; Nama H[eliodro]mis / tut[la]a S[ol]is; Nama Persis / tutela Lunae; Nama l[e]on[i-]b[us] / tutela Iovis; Nama militibus / tutela Mart[is…
Monumentum

Dipinto in red letters from Dura Europos
This short dipinto pays homage to the Lions and the Persians, the 4th and 5th Mithraic degrees.
TNMM613 – CIMRM 58
[Νά]μα λέουσιν / [ἁβρ ?]οῖς χαὶ Περσέσ/[ιν. .] ἐλεμνοις.
Monumentum

Persian plaque from the palace of Darius
Located at the western entrance to the Palace of Darius in Persepolis, this tablet bears an inscription mentioning Ahuramazda and Mithra.
TNMM362 – CIMRM 9
Locus

Ectabana
Ecbatana was an ancient city, which was first the capital of Media in western Iran, and later was an important city in Persian, Seleucid, and Parthian empires.
Monumentum

Inscription of Vaison-la-Romaine
This is one of the few known Mithraic inscriptions dedicated by a member who attained the grade of Perses.
TNMM516 – CIMRM 887
L. Apronius / Chrysomal/lus / ob gradum per/sicum / dedicavit.
Mithraeum

Niasar Cave
The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.
TNMM537
Monumentum

Altar to a Perses of S. Silvestro in Capite
This monument was erected on the occasion of the elevation of a member to the Mithraic grade of Perses.
TNMM517 – CIMRM 402
Datiano et Cereale cons(ulibus) / Nonius Victor Olympius v(ir) cl(arissimus) p(ater) p(atrum) [et] / Aur(elius) Victor Augentius v(ir) c(larissimus) p(ater) / tradiderunt Persica pri(die) non(as) apri…
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Nush-i Jan
The Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.
TNMM348
Mithraeum

Mithra temple of Marāgheh
The Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as the Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is the oldest surviving Mithraic temple in Iran known to date.
TNMM371