This marble altar was found ’in the street called di Branco’, behind the palace of the Cardinal of Bologna, in Rome. Deo / invicto / Mithrae / C(aius) Lucretius ...

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 ...

Praeses of the Noric Mediterranean province, of equestrian rank, restaured the Mithraeum of Virunum in 311. The inscription from Virunum was dedicated by Aurelius ...

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 ...

He is Thrasyllus of Mendes an astrologer and philosopher whom Tiberius befriended during his self-imposed exile on Rhodes. Mendes was an ancient city in Nile Delta. Thrasyllus exercised great ...

Flavius Antistianus was a prominent figure in the Roman Mithraic cult. He held the distinguished title of pater patrum, suggesting his considerable influence and authority within the Mithraic ...

Pater Patrum and Senator. He was also the patriarch of the Olympian dynasty, overseeing a Mithraic community in the centre of Rome. Patriarch of the Olympius family, of senatorial rank, who for at ...

Several inscriptions at Ostia mention a certain Caius Celius Ermero, always referred to as the antistes of that place. One, engraved on a small marble altar, was found in the mithraeum of the Pareti ...

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 ...

Written in the 3rd century, The Cave of the Nymphs is a treatise of Homeric exegesis that condenses some major theological and philosophical themes that nourished Neoplatonic thought. Starting from ...

He was cornicularius, supply officer, to the prefect of the Legion XXII Primigenia. Secundinius Amantius dedicated a marble altar, found intact with its base and crown during the excavation of a ...

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 ...