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- A Mithraeum (Latin pl. Mithraea), sometimes spelled Mithreum and Mithraion (Ancient Gr****: Μιθραίον), is a temple erected in classical antiquity by the...
- themselves syndexioi, those "united by the handshake". They met in dedicated mithraea (singular mithraeum), underground temples that survive in large numbers...
- deities, syncretism being a prominent feature of Roman paganism. Almost all Mithraea contain statues dedicated to gods of other cults, and it is common to find...
- Studio in Constantinople where Christian churches have been built over mithraea, the mithraeum has often been adapted to serve as a crypt. The famous crypt...
- Perennis ("Eternal Spring" or "Never-Failing Stream") have been found in mithraea. In one of the scenes of the Mithraic cycle, the god strikes a rock, which...
- Mithraic worship have been identified in every area of the Roman Empire. Mithraea have been found as far west as Britain and as far east as Dura Europas...
- po****rity of the cult of Mithras is evident in the discovery of eighteen Mithraea. Ostia also contained the Ostia Synagogue, the earliest synagogue yet identified...
- Italy. Mithraea were places of worship for the followers of the Roman mystery religion known as the Mithraic Mysteries. Unlike most other Mithraea, the...
- after the fort phase. Four sanctuaries have been found, all in the form of mithraea.Thomas Schmidts Nida was officially established as capital of "Civitas...
- Christian church, an act that must have received general sanction, for mithraea forming crypts of churches, and temples forming the foundations of 5th...