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The Cult of Mithras: A Soldier Religion Across the Roman Empire
Long before Christianity dominated Rome, a mysterious cult spread from the Persian frontier to the hills of Britain. This episode explores Mithraism — its secret rituals, underground temples, and appeal to Roman soldiers and merchants. Lucas and Luna discuss the tauroctony, the seven grades of initiation, the syncretism with Zoroastrianism, and what archaeology reveals about this all-male mystery religion. They visit the remains of a Mithraeum in London, trace the cult's rise under the Severan dynasty, and ask why it vanished so completely. Along the way they touch on Emperor Commodus…
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