Originally published in Antaios, this interview explores a contemporary form of Mithraism combining solar worship, ...
On universal traditions, local communities, initiation and ritual in the Roman cult of Mithras with Csaba Szabó.
Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellen (c. 86 - 31 BC), meaning Antiochos, the just, eminent god, friend of Romans and friend of Greeks, was king of the Greco-Iranian Kingdom of ...
A contemporary thriller in which a mysterious Mithraic disc leads to murder, conspiracy and religious intrigue across France and England. In 1987 Uganda, Australian trader Billy Sinclair witnesses ...
Csaba Szabó is a historian specializing in ancient history and religious studies, focusing on the Danubian provinces of the Roman Empire. Born in Szatmárnémeti, Romania, he studied history and ...
A Mithraeum II found at Stockstadt in 1909–1913. It is situated in a slope near the river Main at a distance of 20 mtrs from the rail-road Stockstadt–Aschaffenburg "kurz bevor diese auf steinerner ...
Jaime Alvar has set the standard with his trilogy on the cults of Mithras, Isis, Magna Mater and Atis in Hispania. His work is now essential for understanding this phenomenon in the Iberian Peninsula ...
Regensburg is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the rivers Danube, Naab and Regen, Danube's northernmost point.
Typical vessels with snake decorations in caves usually indicate a connection with the Mithraic mysteries. The majority of the numerous pottery and animal bones accumulated as a result of reoccurring ...
Fragments of a large relief (H. 1.45 Br. 1.60) in red sandstone. When the sanctuary was destroyed, the greater part of the relief was thrown in the river Main. Drexel, 81f No. 1; Esp. Rec. Germ., 183 ...
A basalt altar from Dvin, dated to the 2nd century AD, has been interpreted as dedicated to Mithra on the basis of the relief symbols carved on its four sides. The monument bears a solar symbol on its ...
Inscription from Axiopolis, Moesia Inferior, recording a dedication by a vir perfectissimus dux limitis provinciae Scythiae.