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Mithraism  

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  • The cult of Mithras was an initiation cult extant from the first to the fourth century CE in the Roman Empire. The eponymous cult god, hailed as Sol Invictus (“The Unconquered Sun”) has roots in the Persian god Mitra, the god of loyalty and guarantor of pledges. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Mithras Cult]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-W9G3RSJN-0

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