The Mystery of Mithraism

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Mithras (Vatican Museums)

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Throughout Rome a number of underground temples have survived that were once the setting for the practise of a mystery religion centred on the god Mithras, the Roman name for the Indo-Iranian god Mitra, or Mithra as he was called by the Persians.

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Relief of Mithras, National Museum of Rome (Baths of Diocletian)

The Mithraeum under the church of San Clemente