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Mithraea --- Italy

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Temples, Roman --- Mithraea

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Mithraea --- Wiesbaden (Germany) --- Antiquities, Roman.

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The Mithras cult first became evident in Rome towards the end of the first century AD. During the next two centuries, it spread to the frontiers of the Western empire. Energetically suppressed by the early Christians, who frequently constructed their churches over the caves in which Mithraic rituals took place, the cult was extinct by the end of the fourth century. Since its publication in Germany, Manfred Clauss's introduction to the Roman Mithras cult has become widely accepted as the most reliable and readable account of this fascinating subject. For the English edition, Clauss has updated the book to reflect recent research and new archaeological discoveries.

Mithraism. --- Mithraism --- Mithraea --- Relief (Sculpture), Roman --- Rites and ceremonies

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La religione mitraica si manifesta nel mondo romano con caratteri tipicamente mediterranei, nonostante l’evidente origine orientale del culto del dio Mitra. I misteri mitraici non sono da considerare un semplice sviluppo di ancestrali credenze, bensì un’elaborazione precipua in un contesto ambientale determinatosi in seguito all’espansione romana. In questo senso la città di Ostia fornisce una fondamentale testimonianza sul piano archeologico per l’alto numero di mitrei rinvenuti, distribuiti in tutti i quartieri della città fino ad oggi noti, e per le numerose attestazioni epigrafiche, utili a meglio definire i tratti storico-sociali delle diverse comunità di fedeli. A quasi settant’anni dal corpus di Giovanni Becatti la pubblicazione di questo volume, che si avvale di una apposita campagna di documentazione e rilievi, permette di rileggere e ridefinire la complessità di questi speciali luoghi di incontro nel segno della “vetusta religio” nella prima colonia di Roma.

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Mithraea --- Mithraism --- Ostia (Extinct city) --- Fouilles archéologiques --- Mithra --- Culte. --- Ostie (ville ancienne).