Acclaimed esoteric scholar Peter Mark Adams talks about his latest book, ‘Ritual and Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras’, ...

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 ...

Aurelious Heraclides and and his 'brother' Agathopus, mentioned in a bronze plaque found in Sisak bear a Greek name, which does not imply that they themselves were of Greek or Eastern origin.

Son of Aurelius Victor Augentius, grandson of Nonius Victor Olympius, and elder brother of Emlianus. He built temples for worship around 382-383.

Sabinus may have been the grandson of Antonius Caecina Sabinus and the son of Rufio Caeionio Cecina Sabinus. He may have been the Sabinus introduced by Eutropius to Quintus Aurelius Symmachus and the ...

He was initiated and cured thanks to the invincible Nabarze. A certain Terentius Priscus Eucheta [sic], who had been initiated and cured, thanks the invincible god Navarze [Nabarze] for granting his ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Relief in grey limestone (H. 0.59 Br. 0.825 D. 0.10) from the Repovic mountains. It is sculptured on two sides and it was found near A. Sarajevo, Archaeological Museum. Probably 4th cent. A.D. 1) ...

For the salvation and preservation of our lords the emperors Lucius Septimus Severus Pious Pertinax and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus [ [and Lucius Septimus Geta]] Agustes, the temple of the invincible ...