Sur l'initiative conjointe de l'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei et de l'Academia Bélgica, une séance solennelle d'hommage à la mémoire de Franz Cumont s'est tenue à Rome le 13 janvier dernier. Par une ...

On a base the lower part of a Gigant with snake-feet. He is dressed in a short tunic and leans against a rock. On his l. arm traces of a shield. Bust, head and arms lost (See fig. 142).

White marble statuette (H. 0.41 Br. 0.17). Mus. Lateran, Inv. No. 319A. Standing Aion with lion’s head and four wings, two of which are pointing upwards, two downwards. He is entwined in seven coils ...

The article reveals the context in which the first public appearance of Mitra happened to answer two questions: who were the first people to give prominence to this deity, and for what purpose they ...

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 ...

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

Vir perfectissimus and priest of Zeus Brontes and Hecate, he erected a mithraeum in Rome. Clauss firmly states what Vermaseren only tentatively suggested: that the owner of this domus and mithraeum ...

Why did the Romans worship a Persian god? This book presents a new reading of the Mithraic iconography taking into account that the cult had a prophecy. Why did the Romans worship a Persian god? This ...

Many scholarly and often brilliant hypotheses have been put forward over the decades to identify these ‘inventors’. One of the most famous and seductive is that of the astrologer Balbillus as the ...

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

White marble relief (H. 0.67 Br. 0.97 D. 0.11), broken in two pieces. At first in Rome, Villa Borghese, nowadays Paris, Louvre, Inv. No. 1025. Second century. Mithras, slaying the bull, whose tail ...

On the occasion of the discovery of a Mithraeum in Cabra, Spain, we talk to Jaime Alvar, a leading figure in the field of Mithraism. With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the ...