Why was the Cult of Mithras so secretive, and what role did it play in Roman society? This video explores the mysteries of this ancient group. President-elect Donald Trump and his running mate JD ...

specialist study of the topic The Roman Cult of Mithras: The God and his Mysteries by Manfred Clauss, translated by Richard Gordon (Edinburgh, 2000) English Heritage Book of Roman Britain by ...

Now this too, like, Christianity, was a rather late arriving religion in the Roman empire. We don't really hear much about the Mithras cult before the second century about the same time that Pliny ...

DAD: Religion and magic both offered Romans ... Stone altars at the Temple of Mithras at the Brocolitia Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, Carrawburgh, Northumberland. Another god who was very popular ...

Roman religion was split in two ... In the same way, the Persian god Mithras was popular with the Roman legions – many of whose soldiers had served in Persia – and shrines to him have been ...