see cautēs
1Cautes and Cautopates — are the two attendants of Mithras in the ancient Roman cult of Mithraism. Because Mithras (Sol Invictus, Latin: the invincible sun ) represents the sun Cautes and Cautopates represent the stations of sunrise and sunset respectively. They appear… …
2Aquincum Mithraeum (of Victorinus) — Coordinates: 47°33′50″N 19°03′01″E / 47.563798°N 19.050239°E / 47.563798; 19.050239 …
3Mithraic mysteries — Double faced Mithraic relief. Rome, 2nd to 3rd century AD. Louvre Museum The Mithraic Mysteries were a mystery religion practised in the Roman Empire from about the 1st to 4th centuries AD. The name of the Persian god Mithra, adapted into Greek… …
4Mithraic Mysteries — Top: Mithras killing the bull, being looked over by the Sun god and the Moon goddess. Bottom: Mithras banqueting with the Sun god.] The Mithraic Mysteries or Mysteries of Mithras (also Mithraism) was a Roman mystery religion which became popular… …
5Tauroctony — A tauroctony is an artistic depiction of the mythic hero and ancient religious savior Mithras engaged in the ritual slaying of a bull. The literal act of sacrifice is known as taurobolium. A tauroctony was found, its representation essentially… …
6Caelus — appears at the top of the cuirass of the Augustus of Prima Porta, counterposed to Earth at the bottom Caelus or Coelus was a primal god of the sky in Roman myth and theo …
7Precession (astronomy) — In astronomy, precession refers to the movement of the rotational axis of a body, such as a planet, with respect to inertial space. In particular, it refers to the precession of the Earth s rotational axis, also called the precession of the… …
8London Mithraeum — The present day location of the temple foundations. The Temple of Mithras, Walbrook is a Roman temple whose ruins were discovered in Walbrook, a street in the City of London, during rebuilding work in 1954. It is perhaps the most famous of all… …
9Couto Misto — Microstate 10th century–1868 …
10Thermes — Θέρμες …
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