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In The Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity David Walsh explores how the cult of Mithras developed across the Third and 4th centuries A.D. and why by the early 5th century the cult had completely disappeared. Contrary to the traditional narrative that the cult was violently persecuted out of existence by Christians, Walsh demonstrates that the cult’s decline was a far more gradual process that resulted from a variety of factors. He also challenges the popular image of the cult as a monolithic entity, highlighting how by the 4th century Mithras had come to mean different things to different people in different places.
Mithras (Zoroastrian deity) --- Mithraism --- Cult --- Cult. --- Mithraism. --- Mithraskult. --- Zoroastrianism --- Mithra (Zoroastrian deity) --- Zoroastrian gods --- Mithras (Zoroastrian deity) - Cult
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Over the course of the second century CE, worship of the Persianate god Mithras swept across the whole of the Roman Empire. With its distinctive traces preserved in the material record - including cave-like sanctuaries and images of Mithras stabbing a bull - the cult has long been examined to reconstruct the thought-systems of Mithraism, its theology, through such monumental trappings. This volume starts from the premise that, like much ?religion? in the Roman world, the cult of Mithras must be examined through its practices, the ritual craft knowledge which enabled those rites, and the social structures thus created. What did Mithras-worshippers do? How do we explain the unity and diversity of practices observed? Archaeology has the potential to answer these questions and shed new light on Mithras-worship. Presenting new discoveries, higher resolution archaeological data on finds and assemblages, and re-evaluations of older discoveries, this volume charts new paths forward in understanding one of the Roman Empire?s most distinctive cults.
Mithraism. --- Mediterranean Region --- Religion. --- Antiquities. --- Mithras (Zoroastrian deity) --- Mithraism --- Mithraea --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Rome --- Antiquities --- Social archaeology --- Sacred space --- Religion --- Mithraism in art --- Mithraeums --- Cave temples --- Zoroastrianism --- Mithra (Zoroastrian deity) --- Zoroastrian gods --- Art --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region --- Mediterranean Region - Religion --- Mediterranean Region - Antiquities
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