In reclaiming the word mysteries for the cult of Mithras, Adams not only rehabilitates a neglected religious tradition—he reorients our understanding of ancient spirituality. His book reminds us that ...

Caius Curius Avitus financed the Cautopates with a dolphin found at the Casa del Mitreo in Merida when Accius Hedychrus was Pater. The sculpture was made by a greek named Demetros.

This marble relief of Cautes was found in 1863 in Sisak, Croatia. Urbicus / Sisci/ano/rum.

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 ...

Teleny, or, The Reverse of the Medal, is a pornographic novel, first published in London in 1893. The authorship of the work is unknown. There is a general consensus that it was an ensemble effort, ...

To the God Invictus Mithras, Publius Aelius Valerianus, soldier of the , consul’s orderly, gladly, joyfully, and deservedly fulfilled his vow. Publius Aelius Valerianus was a soldier of the Legio XIII ...

Traveler down the rabbit hole discovering links between Freemasonry and Mithraism.

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 ...

King of the Greco-Iranian Kingdom of Commagene. Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellen (c. 86 - 31 BC), meaning Antiochos, the just, eminent god, friend of Romans and friend of ...

Manfred Clauss's introduction to the Roman Mithras cult has become widely accepted as the most reliable and readable account of this fascinating subject. The Mithras cult first became evident in Rome ...

Prefect of the First Cohort of Batavians Antoniniana. One of the three altars to Mithras found at the Mithraeum of Carrawburgh fort. Deo Inv(icto) M(ithrae) / L(ucius ...

The small altar found in Carnuntum, which became the capital of Pannonia Superior in the 1st century, tells us that Aelius Nigrinus was a priest of Mithras. He chose to dedicate his monument to Petra ...