The Cult of Mithras was a thriving religion in the Roman Empire. But by the 5th century....it was gone. What do we know about the Cult of Mithras? And what was its relationship with Christianity?

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Bibliography:

Clauss, Manfred. The Roman Cult of Mithras.

Beck, Roger. The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire.

Sources debunking the "Christ/Mithras" myth can be found at The Tertullian Project: Tertullian Project: http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/mit...

Incredible resource of every citation about Mithras in Greco-Roman literature: http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/mit...

Photo attributions:
San Clemete Mithraeum: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...

Ostia Mithraeum: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca...

Mithraeum of Seven Spheres:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/archer1...

Baths of Caracalla: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baths_o...

Rock Born Mithras: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mi...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...

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Mithras Fresco: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca...

7th Ostia Felicissimus Panel: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Os...

Sol and Mithras: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithrai...

Ritual Meal: http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/da...

Hawarte Picture: http://palmyra2010.blox.pl/html/13107...

Aurelian Coin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ra...

Saarbrücken: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca...

Santa Prisca: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Capua Mithraeum: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Capua Fresco: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Dura-Europos House Church: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dura-Eu...

Constantine the Great bust: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constan...