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Mithraism (Roman Mysteries of Mithras)

A Roman mystery cult, popular among soldiers, centered on the god Mithras slaying a bull, with a seven-grade initiation in cave-like temples (mithraea).

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Deipnosophistae · Athenaeus of Naucratis

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