Essays about: "Carrawburgh"

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  1. 1. In the Cave of Mysteries: Analyzing Ritual Space within the Roman Cult of Mithras through the examples of Santa Prisca, Walbrook, and Carrawburgh

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Adam Norberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Mithras; ritual; mithraeum; space; practice; movement; presentation; Santa Prisca; Walbrook; Carrawburgh;

    Abstract : The Mysteries of Mithras, dedicated to the eponymous Persian divinity, was one of several mystery cults of the ancient world. It flourished during the second and third centuries CEthroughout the Roman Empire, but with special frequency in Italy and the frontier provinces along the Rhine and Danube. READ MORE