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Mithras & Bull, wearing Phrygian Cap
British Museum
Mithras was the central god of Mithraism, a syncretic Hellenistic mystery religion of male initiates that developed in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC and was practiced in the Roman Empire from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD.
Mithraism apparently originated in the Eastern part of today's Iran around the 7th century BC [citation needed]. It was practiced in the Roman Empire since the first century BC[citation needed], and reached its apogee around the third through fourth centuries AD, when it was very popular among the Roman soldiers. Mithraism disappeared from overt practice after the Theodosian decree of AD 391 banned all pagan rites, and it apparently became extinct thereafter.
Mithras & Bull, wearing Phrygian Cap
British Museum
Mithras was the central god of Mithraism, a syncretic Hellenistic mystery religion of male initiates that developed in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC and was practiced in the Roman Empire from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD.
Mithraism apparently originated in the Eastern part of today's Iran around the 7th century BC [citation needed]. It was practiced in the Roman Empire since the first century BC[citation needed], and reached its apogee around the third through fourth centuries AD, when it was very popular among the Roman soldiers. Mithraism disappeared from overt practice after the Theodosian decree of AD 391 banned all pagan rites, and it apparently became extinct thereafter.