Persis: daughter of Perses, or something older One of Hekate’s most consistent epithets across the ancient sources is ...

A dedicatory inscription that was found at Camboglanna Castle and dated to 201/300 proves that Ripanus was prefect. According to John Spaul, he was prefect of the Cohors II Tungrorum, which was ...

He was a plebeian citizen who dedicated a monument to the Unconquerable Sun, Mithras. A comrade of Charitinus, he was a freedman who consecrated an altar to Mithras for the emperors Philip the Arab ...

Both of them were discovered in 1609 in the foundations of the façade of the church of San Pietro, Rome. M[atri] d[eum] m[agnae] I[deae] / et Attidi meno/tyranno conser/vatoribus suis Cae/lius ...

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

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 ...

Between the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry’s intense ...

Table of references for mithraic artefacts Cross-database references to monuments, inscriptions and other artefacts related to the Cult of Mithras.

Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.

The first documented mentions of the Mithraic cult in Europe, with allusions to Eastern-named gods, profuse and unmistakable iconography, and dark, subterranean temples, appear from the end of the 1st ...

On the relief the front of a temple is represented: two columns with capitals, supporting a tympanum. Between the columns a representation of Mithras' rockbirth. In his l.h. the youthful, naked god ...

White marble relief (H. 1.15 Br. 0.35). Galleria degli Uffizi. On a restored base a standing Aion with lion's head. His body is entwined by six windings of a serpent, which lays its head on that of ...