Roman Cult of Mithras
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Doce siglos separan el ocaso del mitraísmo romano del alba de la masonería. Doce siglos durante los cuales, los misterios de Mitra han permanecido más secretos que nunca.
19. yüzyılın sonu itibariyle başlayan Mitra kültü araştırmaları günümüze dek çok farklı yöntemlerle ele alınmıştır. Mithra kültünü araştıran ilk bilim insanı olarak kabul edilen Franz Cumont'un ortaya attığı tezler yaklaşık 50 yıl... more
Rome matters. Roman religion is, basically, the religion of one of the hundreds of Mediterranean city states. Many features of this type of territorially bound religion, centred around a politically independent community, characterise... more
The investigations carried out in the last years in the district outside Porta Marina at ancient Ostia begin to clarify not only the development of the coastal landscape, but also the dynamic forms of urbanization that unfold from the 1st... more
In:
PONTES. A PTE BTK Történettudományi Intézetének Évkönyve 1. (2018) Vallás – Szekularizáció – Transzformáció. Pécs, 2018., 54-71.
https://journals.lib.pte.hu/index.php/pontes
The English version is forthcoming.
PONTES. A PTE BTK Történettudományi Intézetének Évkönyve 1. (2018) Vallás – Szekularizáció – Transzformáció. Pécs, 2018., 54-71.
https://journals.lib.pte.hu/index.php/pontes
The English version is forthcoming.
Introduction and table of contents (proof)
The history of the Borghese Collection is closely linked to the establishment of the Louvre in Paris and the history of both of them includes a small story about a magnificent relief. The relief represents the god Mithras in the act of... more
The cult of Mithras has been present for three centuries in Herzegovina. Its significance for classical history and civilization is reflected through the fact that it continued to exist in the territory of today's Herzegovina after Roman... more
This paper will seek to understand the context of first century Greco-Roman meal culture. As a conclusion, it will provide evidence that proves that, based on religious, social, and political meals across first century Mediterranean, the... more
This paper stands as a natural appendix to Antrum, a miscellany curated for Morcelliana Publishing House in 2017. It examines the structure of the cave as an elective space for the performing of religious rituals. After a brief... more
This book is the first comprehensive work focusing on lived ancient religious communication in Roman Dacia. Testing for the first time the ‘Lived Ancient Religion’ approach in terms of a peripheral province from the Danubian area, this... more
The phrase "As above, so below" is attributed to the Egyptian god of wisdom named Thoth. This echoes the biblical expression “on earth as it is in heaven.” Many diverse ancient cultures have erected sacred cities, pyramids, standing... more
Over the last thirty years, a sensory turn is observed that has affected Classics and its cognate disciplines. This online conference, hosted by the University of Erfurt, will provide an intellectual platform for a new in-depth approach... more
This study will seek to investigate the evidence of mystery-cults found in Roman Britain in an attempt to understand their place within the religious realm of the province. Attention will be given to the cults of Isis and the Egyptian... more
The Roman astral-cults of the Sun (Sol) and Moon (Luna) enjoyed imperial sponsorship for 300 years, as evidenced by their images on Roman coinage from the end of the 1 st century (Salzman 1990, p. 150; Clauss 1997, p. 250; Hijmans 2003,... more
The Roman stone monuments of the Provincial Museum in Bonn.
Levente Nagy: Victorious Gods, Defeated Demons, Superstars and Archaeologists
(e-book)
University of Pécs, Center for Ecclesiastical Studies
Pécs, 2019. (Hungary)
(e-book)
University of Pécs, Center for Ecclesiastical Studies
Pécs, 2019. (Hungary)
Разширено издание на „Античният мадарски конник”/2015 г.. Книгата оспорва съществуващата представа за Мадарския конник като средновековен паметник и въз основа на собствено проучване на място обосновано твърди, че той е най-древният... more
Textbook about roman history in the age of Dominate (from 284. AD to VII. AD)
Text of the lecture given in the Grand Lodge of Spain on April 30, 2014.
Greek mythological roots in Freemasonry.
Greek mythological roots in Freemasonry.
MITHRA’S INTERACTION WITH ANATOLIA Mithra which is a divinity associated with sunlight and worshipped by ancient Aryan communities for centuries, appears as the most worshipped and widespread belief among Ancient Pagan Religions.... more
Franz CUMONT (1869 - 1947) se erige desde sus primeros trabajos científicos como el verdadero pionero y especialista en los estudios mithraicos en la primera mitad del siglo XX, arrancando con los dos monumentales volúmenes de su estudio... more
The sacrifice of the sacred bull/calf deep in the underground cave, underlines the dualistic nature of the Mitraic Cult. The sacred bull was in its true nature a fetishist manifestation - phallus, of a multitude-form creator solar deity,... more
Roman cult of Mithra has its origin from Indo-Iranian religions. This article examines in detail how it arrived in the west and finally flowed into Christianity. Every major religion has its own passionate controversies and opinions... more