the god of light or the sun in an ancient Persian religion known as Mithraism, which spread through the Roman Empire in the first and second centuries AD, and was an important religion especially among Roman soldiers
A Greco-Roman god, central to Mithraism. He was adapted from the Indo-Iranian god Mithra, Mitra
Roman god Mithraism was an Iranian religion practised by the Romans, made an imperial cult under Commodus (180-192)
A young Persian god, born from a rock on December 25, who slew the bull of heaven and introduced a salvation cult that swept through the Roman Empire A serious rival to early Christianity, Mithraism was limited by its acceptance of only male worshipers