Events Tagged: "Mithras"

Pompey encounters Mithraism - Cilician pirates practice mysteries of Mithras, Roman soldiers adopt cult, spreads through legions

Mithraism peaks in legions - seven grades of initiation (Raven to Father), underground temples (mithraea), bull sacrifice, cosmic mysteries

Christians compete with mysteries - both Mithraism and Christianity offer salvation, sacred meals, baptism, resurrection, fierce rivalry