Mithraism in the Territory of Today’s Herzegovina / Kult Mitre na tlu današnje Hercegovine

Authors

  • Amra Šačić University in Sarajevo, Faculty of Philosophy / Univerzitet u Sarajevu, Filozofski fakultet

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46352/23036974.2014.263

Keywords:

Mithraism, epigraphic orthography, distorted form of the name – Metheri, Deus, relief, votive ara, religious municipality, Mithraic ritual, dedicant, linguistic localism, Orientals, Theodosius I, Arcadius

Abstract

The cult of Mithras has been present for three centuries in Herzegovina. Its significance for classical history and civilization is reflected through the fact that it continued to exist in the territory of today’s Herzegovina after Roman emperor Theodosius I prohibited any forms of pagan religions in 392. Numismatic findings from the temple of Mithras in Konjic can be used as a proof. In this temple, coins from the reign of the emperor Arcadius (Flavius Theodosius Augustus 395 – 408) were found. Research in this paper is mainly focused on the fact that the cult of Mithras retained longer inside the Roman province of Dalmatia than it was previously assumed in the historiography, and that its specificity can be seen through the typical local iconology and epigraphic orthography.

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Published

2014-11-12

How to Cite

Šačić, A. (2014). Mithraism in the Territory of Today’s Herzegovina / Kult Mitre na tlu današnje Hercegovine. Journal of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo (History, History of Art, Archeology) / Radovi (Historija, Historija Umjetnosti, Arheologija), ISSN 2303-6974 on-Line, (3), 263–276. https://doi.org/10.46352/23036974.2014.263