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Mithraeum (Latin pl.
Mithraea),
sometimes spelled Mithreum and
Mithraion (Ancient Gr****: Μιθραίον), is a
temple erected in
classical antiquity by the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Christian church, an act that must have
received general sanction, for
mithraea forming crypts of churches, and
temples forming the
foundations of 5th...