The Origins of the Roman Cult of Mithras in the Light of New Evidence and Interpretations : The Current State of Affairs
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F16%3A00091247" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/16:00091247 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/135694" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/135694</a>
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Origins of the Roman Cult of Mithras in the Light of New Evidence and Interpretations : The Current State of Affairs
Original language description
This article deals with the still unresolved question of the origins of the Roman cult of Mithras. After a brief history of the scholarship dealing with this topic, individual mithraea, inscriptions, and passages in literary texts which have been dated to the earliest period of the cult’s existence are evaluated. On the basis of this re-evaluation, some provisional conclusions concerning the question of Mithraic origins are made, namely that (1) the earliest evidence comes from the period 75-125 CE but remains, until the second half of the 2nd century CE, relatively negligible; (2) the geographical distribution of early evidence does not allow for a clear identification of the geographical location from which the cult started to spread, which suggests that (3) the cult made effective use of Roman military infrastructure and trade routes and (4) was transmitted, at least initially, due to the high mobility of the first propagators.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AA - Philosophy and religion
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Religio : revue pro religionistiku
ISSN
1210-3640
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
24
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
27
Pages from-to
65-91
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84990938543