The cult of Mithras in late antiquity : : development, decline, and demise circa A.D. 270-430 /

The cult of Mithras in late antiquity : : development, decline, and demise circa A.D. 270-430 / / by David Walsh.

In The Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity David Walsh explores how the cult of Mithras developed across the Third and 4th centuries A.D. and why by the early 5th century the cult had completely disappeared. Contrary to the traditional narrative that the cult was violently persecuted out of existence...

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Walsh, David (Archaeologist),
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Late Antique Archaeology (Supplementary Series) 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource (158 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Foreword
  • Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • The Development of the Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity
  • The Decline of the Cult I: The Evidence
  • The Decline of the Cult II: Explaining the Decline
  • The Fate of Mithraea
  • Conclusion
  • Gazetteer of Mithraea Active in the 4th c. and Those That Exhibit Evidence of Christian Iconoclasm
  • Mithraea Constructed and Repaired circa AD 201–400
  • Late Antique Archaeology
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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