The ancient Greco-Roman mystery religions were a group of secret cults that worshiped lesser-known gods outside the official pantheons. Because members were banned from discussing their beliefs ...

What were the similarities between Christianity and other 'mystery cults' like Mithraism? Did they influence each other, and if so, how? Suppose that we view the Roman empire of the first four ...

At the height of the Roman Empire, he began to be worshipped as Mithras in a Roman mystery cult. The cult became very popular, especially with soldiers. The sun god Sol was originally a separate ...

And centuries after even the conversion of Constantine, we find endowments to liturgies, to mystery cults, to different Egyptian and Greco-Roman gods. Paganism continues on even after the ...

“These were mystery cults, so what they did remains a mystery ... insights into what worship of Dionysus, also known as the Roman god Bacchus, entailed. Wine, of course, was central to these ...

In antiquity, various mystery cults existed, not only with regard to ... Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near modern-day ...