This article revisits the Mithraeum of S. Maria Capua Vetere, one of the most complete and artistically refined Mithraic ...

Son of Aurelius Victor Augentius, grandson of Nonius Victor Olympius, and elder brother of Emlianus. He built temples for worship around 382-383. Qui cum caelicolis parcus bona dividit heres?. To ...

Dominique Persoons proposes a reconstruction of Mithraic ritual based on archaeological remains, frescoes, and zodiacal symbolism. He interprets the mithraeum as a liturgical microcosm governing the ...

CIMRM 939 = 1324 Stela dedicated to Mithras Invictus, found in 1895–1896 at Epamantodurum (modern Mandeure), in the territory of the civitas Sequanorum (Gallia Belgica). The inscription records a vow ...

He was a soldier of the Cohors I Belgarum, probably of Dalmatian origin, who dedicated an altar to Mithras in Aufustianis. Solin is a town in Dalmatia, Croatia, developed on the location of ancient ...

Son of the patriarch of the Olympius saga, of senatorial rank, who for at least three generations watched over a Mithraic community in the 4th century Rome. Aurelius is the son of Nonius Victor ...

Interactive map highlighting most of the Mithras shrines, featuring descriptions and links to further information.

Pueri Superbi have a fourteen word fraternity creed which they crow out for their 1st degree initiation. Written by Gavin McInnes in 2016, the fourteen words of this declaration are “I’m a proud ...

Nowadays, most Western scholars agree that the Roman mysteries of Mithras have little, if any, relation to the Iranian and Indian cult of the same god. Still, it is always interesting to recall when, ...

According to Ernst Renan, the renowned 19th-century historian of religion and philologist, if the Roman world had not become Christian, it would be Mithraic today. This controversial premise also ...